Cessna TR182 N2518S

Summary

On 27 February 2009 at about 22:00 local time, a Cessna TR182 registered N2518S was involved in an accident near Amargosa Valley, Nevada, United States. 4 people were 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

27 February 2009 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Amargosa Valley, Nevada, United States

Nearest airport

Amargosa Airport (70CL)

Coordinates

36.4894, -116.4214

Aircraft

Cessna TR182

Registration

N2518S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Amargosa Valley → Mesa

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR09CA131

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed and runway alignment.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that the airplane became airborne about 2/3 of the way down the runway during an attempted soft-field takeoff from a dirt runway. He said that he was unable to maintain an adequate airspeed and drifted off to the left side of the runway and impacted bushes and shrubs. During the accident sequence, the front landing gear folded back and the left main landing gear broke off. The outboard half of the right wing was partially separated.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.