Pilot Debrief

CESSNA TR182 near Stevensville, MD — 2011-09-05

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Date
2011-09-05
Location
Stevensville, MD, USA
Airport
W29
Aircraft
CESSNA TR182
Registration
N950RC
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0
Phase of flight
Landing

Probable cause

The pilot did not maintain directional control during the landing roll.

NTSB narrative

The pilot was cleared for a global positioning system approach to runway 29, which was damp/wet, although most of the approach was flown in visual meteorological conditions. He reported that he equally and moderately applied the brakes after touchdown but that the airplane pulled sharply to the left. He released the brakes and the airplane departed the left side of the runway and rolled onto wet grass with ineffective braking. The airplane then rolled into a swale, which partially collapsed the nose landing gear. No discrepancies of the brake system were noted by the pilot at the departure airport and a postaccident examination revealed no evidence of a preimpact failure or mechanical malfunction. There were no flat spots on either of the main landing gear tires and no leaks of the brake system were noted.

Analysis

Primary failure mode
Loss of control
First missed decision gate
Pilot could have aborted landing due to wet runway conditions.

NTSB coding

Evidence available

  • 4 docket documents
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Docket documents4

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