Accident Details
On November 12, 2012, at approximately 1820 central standard time, a Cessna T182T, registration N856DK, overran runway 12L at San Antonio International Airport (KSAT) in San Antonio, Texas. The airplane subsequently nosed over. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane sustained substantial damage.
Flight Information
The aircraft was registered to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA, Trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah, and operated by the pilot from Monterey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The personal flight was conducted under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a visual flight rules flight plan had been filed and activated. The cross-country flight originated from Aeropuerto del Norte International Airport (MMAN) in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México, about 1630, with KSAT as the destination.
Pilot Account
According to the pilot's accident report and statements to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, the airplane was cleared to land on runway 12L and touched down 100 to 150 feet past the runway threshold. The pilot reported feeling turbulence and a tailwind and applied brakes. Seeing the end of the runway approaching, he realized he could not stop and applied more brake pressure. The airplane went off the end of the runway, crossed a 100-foot-wide perpendicular taxiway, and traveled in the median grass for about 100 to 150 feet, collapsing the nose gear. It came to rest just short of another runway.
Runway and Mechanical Conditions
Runway 12L is asphalt, 5,519 feet long, and 100 feet wide; it was dry at the time of the accident. The FAA inspector confirmed the airplane's path: off the end of the runway, across the perpendicular taxiway, through the grass median, and stopping just short of another runway. A mechanic had to loosen the brake pads to allow the wheels to roll. No evidence of a brake malfunction was found.
Weather
A special weather observation made after the accident recorded the wind at 030 degrees at 6 knots.