# Incident 19811028083049I: Cessna 182Q, Chestertown, MD, October 28, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 1981, 17:40 local time
- Place: Chestertown, MD
- Airport: Chestertown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2184° N, 76.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chestertown, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2184&lon=-76.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94537, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N94537) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 95 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811028083049I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT LANDED ON CLOSED, NEWLY SEEDED AND VERY SOFT RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER. PILOT DUE REEXAMINATION.

## Other reports on N94537 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19821102065669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821102065669I), Nov 2, 1982: Cessna 182Q (N94537), Atlantic, NJ. Unable to reach flying speed, aborted takeoff too late. Ran off end of runway into two feet of water in a bay.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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