ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 359639
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Date: | Saturday 22 October 1994 |
Time: | 12:40 LT |
Type: | Cessna 182P |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N9878E |
MSN: | 18263939 |
Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
Total airframe hrs: | 1552 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-470-S |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Bremen, IN -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Nappanee, IN (C03) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE OVERSHOT FINAL AND LANDED LONG AND FAST. HE STATED HE ELECTED NOT TO ABORT THE LANDING DUE TO POWERLINES AT THE DEPARTURE END. HE ADDED POWER WHEN NEARING THE END OF THE AIRSTRIP IN ORDER TO TRAVEL OVER DITCHES BUT YET STAY UNDER THE POWERLINES. THE TOP OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER CONTACTED THE POWERLINES AND THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP IN A FIELD. THE LANDING WAS BEING MADE TO THE NORTH WITH A SOUTHWEST WIND OF 5 KNOTS. THE PILOT STATED HE INTENTIONALLY LANDED TO THE NORTH TO AVOID THE POWERLINES. HE STATED HE SHOULD HAVE PERFORMED A GO-AROUND PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN.
Probable Cause: the pilot's failure to perform a go-around prior to touchdown. Factors to the accident were the tailwind, excessive airspeed, the rough terrain and the powerlines.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI95LA020 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 8 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB CHI95LA020
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