Cessna 182Q N7559S

Summary

On 10 April 1996 at about 01:20 local time, a Cessna 182Q registered N7559S, operated by Kevin M. Thompson, was involved in an accident near Silver City, New Mexico, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

10 April 1996 at 01:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Silver City, New Mexico, United States

Nearest airport

Whiskey Creek (94E)

Coordinates

32.7794, -108.2604

Aircraft

Cessna 182Q

Registration

N7559S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Kevin M. Thompson

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hurley → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

FTW96LA168

Nobody was injured.

the student pilot's failure to maintain directional control. A Factor was the crosswind.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The student pilot allowed the aircraft to touch down on the left apron of runway 35. During the roll out, the aircraft continued to veer left contacting a runway light with the right main landing gear while departing the runway hard surface. The left main landing gear contacted several cactus sheering the left main wheel at the lower strut. The student pilot reported that there was a crosswind from the east at less than 10 knots. The pilot stated that he recognized that he could have easily avoided this accident if he had made a timely correction and applied hard right rudder.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.