Cessna 182Q N22WR

Summary

On 16 September 1999 at about 18:30 local time, a Cessna 182Q registered N22WR was involved in an accident near Crescent Lake, Oregon, 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

16 September 1999 at 18:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Crescent Lake, Oregon, United States

Nearest airport

Cresent Lake State (5S2)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 182Q

Registration

N22WR

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Medford → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA99LA164

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a bounced landing. Factors include a sudden wind shift, a crosswind gust, and tall trees growing along the side of the airstrip.

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

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The pilot flew over the airport to check the wind, and the windsock appeared to indicate that the wind was calm. She therefore continued around the pattern and landed on the end of the runway that was asphalt covered. During the flare, the aircraft dropped in from about four feet above the surface and bounced back into the air. Before it touched down again, it encountered a sudden crosswind from the right, which lifted the right wing higher into the air. Because the aircraft was in a left bank, it started to drift off the left side of the runway, and the pilot was unable to maintain enough directional control to keep it from departing the runway and impacting some nearby trees.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.