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| Date: | Saturday 30 March 2024 |
| Time: | 13:10 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 182F Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3322U |
| MSN: | 18254722 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5317 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-470-R-81-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Vaca Moo Airport (TA37), Ben Wheeler, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ben Wheeler, TX (TA37) |
| Ben Wheeler, TX (TA37) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that he was performing a practice soft field landing on a grass runway. During the landing flare, the wind increased, the airplane drifted to the left, and the indicated airspeed decreased by 10 mph. The pilot attempted to correct for the deviation when the airplane developed an excessive sink rate and landed hard on the sand adjacent to the left edge of the runway. The nose landing gear and propeller dug into the sand, the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, the left aileron, the rudder, the vertical stabilizer, and the right wing strut. Wind at the time of the accident was 210° at 11 knots gusting to 17 knots.
The pilot stated that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operations.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control while landing in a gusting wind.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN24LA142
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N3322U/history/20240330/1741Z/TA37/TA37
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Apr-2024 18:23 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 10-Apr-2024 21:30 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Nature, Narrative, Category, Accident report, ] |
| 01-Jul-2024 08:34 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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