Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary MIA91LA097

HATTIESBURG, MS, USA

Aircraft #1

N735MK

CESSNA 182Q

Analysis

WHILE ON APCH TO LAND, THE PLT MONITORED THE AWOS WHICH INDICATED THAT THE WIND WAS FROM 290 DEGS AT 8 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 20. HE LANDED THE ACFT ON RWY 36 ON THE LT MAIN LANDING GEAR FIRST, THEN AFTER LOWERING THE RT MAIN LANDING GEAR, A GUST OF WIND ELEVATED THE LT WING. THE ACFT THEN TURNED TO AN EASTERLY HEADING, TRAVELLED OFF THE RWY ACROSS A TAXIWAY INTO A RAVINE & CAME TO REST INVERTED.

Probable Cause and Findings

ON GROUND ENCOUNTER WITH A WIND GUST AND FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING THE LANDING ROLL, RESULTING IN THE COLLISION WITH A RAVINE

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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