Probable cause
The pilot's delay in reacting to the adverse wind conditions.
NTSB analysis
The pilot made two uneventful night full-stop landings, noting "swirling winds" on final approach that were "strange" but had "no considerable impact." As he flared for the third landing, the airplane "went nose down in a quick motion." He heard the nose gear strut collapse so he added power and made a go-around. He then landed uneventfully. Post-accident examination revealed the firewall and related structural components had been bent. There were also 1/6-inch nicks on two of the three propeller blade tips. According to the airport's AWOS (Automated Weather Observing System), the wind was calm at the time of the accident.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for CEN13CA435 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Jul 24, 2013
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Steamboat Springs, Colorado
- Nearest airport
- Bob Adams Field (KSBS)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Night
Cessna 182S
- N-number
- N5467C
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
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