# Accident 19960916028739A: Cessna 182P, Stow, MA, September 16, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1996, 18:00 local time
- Place: Stow, MA
- Airport: Minute Man Airfield Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4604° N, 71.5180° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4604&lon=-71.5180&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737MD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N737MD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC96LA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA185) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960916028739A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE WAS PRACTICING SHORT FIELD LANDINGS. TOUCHED DOWN LONG, THROUGH BUSHED INTO SWAMP AT END OF RUNWAY. (-23) PILOT STATED HE WAS PRACTICING SHORT FIELD LANDINGS. HIS FIRST APPROACH WAS A GO-AROUND.  HE STATED HIS NEXT APPROACH LOOKED GOOD.  HE SAID THE WIND HAD BEEN CALM, BUT A SLIGHT TAILWIND HAD ARISEN BETWEEN THE TREES LINING THE RUNWAY.  HE STATED HE TOUCHED DOWN LONG AND THAT THE GRASS WAS WET.  HE SAID THERE WASN'T ROOM TO GO AROUND.  HE SAID HE ARRIVED AT THE RUNWAY END WITH ABOUT 5-10 MPH GROUND SPEED.  HE STATED HE WENT THROUGH SOME BUSHES AND INTO A SWAMPY POND.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO PROP, FIREWALL, COWL, BELLY & NOSE FAIRING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC96LA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA185), Sep 16, 1996: Cessna 182 (N737MD), Stow, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's misjudgment of speed and distance during the landing, and his failure to go around while there was sufficient runway remaining, which resulted in a runway overrun and an encounter with a…

## Other reports on N737MD (1)

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

- [Incident 19830924066989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830924066989I), Sep 24, 1983: Cessna 182P (N737MD), Richland, NY, Minor damage. Landed long on a wet grass strip and slid into a gas pump at the end of the runway.

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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