Cessna 182R N9611H

Summary

On 15 January 2015 at about 17:02 local time, a Cessna 182R registered N9611H was involved in an accident near Santa Fe, New Mexico, 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

15 January 2015 at 17:02

Classification

Accident

Location

Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

Nearest airport

Santa Fe Muni (SAF)

Coordinates

35.6156, -106.0917

Aircraft

Cessna 182R

Registration

N9611H

Category

Airplane

Year built

1981

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Santa Fe → Cedar City

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN15LA109

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to remove ice from the airplane’s surfaces before departure, which resulted in the airplane’s inability to attain sufficient airspeed shortly after takeoff, the subsequent exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle-of-attack, and an aerodynamic stall.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot was conducting a personal cross-country flight. The pilot reported that, during takeoff with 0 flaps, he accelerated the airplane to about 60 knots and that it subsequently lifted off. About 50 to 100 ft above ground level, the airplane entered an uncommanded steep left bank; the pilot used aileron and rudder inputs and briefly regained control of the airplane before it again banked hard left, pitched down, and impacted terrain. The airplane came to rest upright about 500 ft left of the runway and about 3,000 ft from the beginning of the takeoff roll. The uncommanded bank and pitch down is indicative of an aerodynamic stall. A witness at the airport reported that all of the aircraft, which included the accident airplane, that had been parked overnight on the ramp had frost or ice on them. He added that, before departure, the pilot did not remove any of the frost or ice from the airplane's wings, tail, or fuselage. Photographs of the airplane taken about 45 minutes after the accident showed 1/8- to 1/4-inch-thick rough, mixed rime ice adhering to the wing. The pilot's failure to remove the ice from the airplane's surfaces before departure degraded its takeoff performance and prevented it from attaining sufficient speed to remain airborne and resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.