Cessna 182T N428LB

Summary

On 30 April 2011 at about 19:45 local time, a Cessna 182T registered N428LB, operated by Lisa McCarthy, was involved in an accident near East Hampton, New York, United States. 2 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

30 April 2011 at 19:45

Classification

Accident

Location

East Hampton, New York, United States

Nearest airport

East Hampton Airport (HTO)

Coordinates

40.9592, -72.2447

Aircraft

Cessna 182T

Registration

N428LB

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Lisa McCarthy

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Worcester → East Hampton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA11CA270

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing with a crosswind, which resulted in a runway excursion.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that, while approaching the destination airport, she obtained local wind information that indicated the wind was from 350 degrees. She subsequently entered a left base leg in the traffic pattern for runway 34; however, the pilot of an airplane ahead was approaching runway 28 to practice crosswind landings. The accident pilot then decided to land on runway 28, behind the airplane ahead of her. During the landing roll, she relaxed her crosswind correction inputs and the airplane veered off the left side of the runway onto uneven terrain. The nosegear collapsed, the airplane came to rest upright, and the firewall sustained damage. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions prior to the accident. The wind at the airport, about the time of the accident, was from 320 degrees at 12 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.