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Flying Club's 182 - who brought it to Mammoth on a windy day?


Ed Cesnalis

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I have owned two 182s over the years.  Great planes.  But can be nose heavy in landing if lightly loaded in back in particular.  Wrinkled firewalls are a common sight with 182s indicating a heavy nose wheel hit…and is an item that should be looked at carefully in a pre-buy inspection.  Unfortunately too many 182s have suffered this sort of poor landing over the years…  This one took a good hit indeed.

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Weren't the vast majority of 210's strutless?

 

Yes Centurians are mostly strutless. This is a Skylane http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N4696S.html

 

Airframe Info Manufacturer: Cessna Model: R182 Skylane RG    Search all Cessna R182 Year built: 1979 Construction Number (C/N): R18201385 Aircraft Type: Fixed wing single engine Number of Seats: 4 Number of Engines: 1 Engine Type: Reciprocating Engine Manufacturer and Model: Lycoming 0-540 SERIES
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According to the line man this 182 landed on 27 with gusts to 50kts.  The incident happened at Alpha 1, turning off the runway there would likely put the bulk of that 50kts on your tail. yikes.gif

 

Two lessons here, 

  • Avoid the 1st 3,000' of 27 when southerly crosswinds exceed 15kts.
  • Request wing walkers before turning downwind to exit the runway.
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