Cessna 182T CGBFY

Summary

On 5 July 2017 at about 20:55 local time, a Cessna 182T registered CGBFY, operated by Brampton Flight Centre, was involved in an accident near Jackson, Michigan, 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

5 July 2017 at 20:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Jackson, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Jackson County Airport-Reynold (JXN)

Coordinates

42.2606, -84.4606

Aircraft

Cessna 182T

Registration

CGBFY

Category

Airplane

Year built

2004

Engines

1

Operator

Brampton Flight Centre

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Port Huron → Jackson

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN17LA257

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain pitch control during the takeoff roll during an attempted takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's selection of takeoff flaps after he began the takeoff roll.

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 cross-country flight and was performing a stop-and-go landing at an interim airport. After landing, he fully retracted the flaps. During the subsequent takeoff roll, the pilot had the pilot-rated passenger extend the flaps to 10°, and the airplane began to porpoise and then impacted terrain. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no evidence of any preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. During the examination, the nose pitch trim was found in the full nose-down position. Full nose-down pitch trim would have increased the pitch control forces needed to counteract the nose-down pitching tendencies of the airplane when the flaps were initially extended. (Initial flap deflections of up to 15° while moving can cause the airplane to balloon and create nose-down pitching tendencies.) Thus, the combination of the full nose-down pitch trim and the extension of the flaps during the takeoff roll would have required increased pitch control inputs to maintain airplane control. It is likely the pilot did not make such inputs and that this resulted in his loss of pitch control during the attempted takeoff.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.