# Accident 19970709017419A: Cessna 182C, Springfield, KY, July 9, 1997 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: July 9, 1997, 21:16 local time - Place: Springfield, KY - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 37.6804° N, 85.2200° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6804&lon=-85.2200&mi=10 - Aircraft: N8568T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8568T-2013-08-21) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 182C (registry code 2072708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C - Reported engine: CONT O470L - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 236 total, 148 in this make and model - NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC97LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97LA141) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970709017419A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ATTEMPTING LAND ON HIS FARM. CAME IN TOO FAST. APPLIED POWER CLEAR FENCE CLIPPED IT LANDED FIELD. NOSED OVER. (-23) AIRMAN DAVID M. REYNOLDS, CERTIFICATE #400661968, OWNER OF A CESSNA 182 BASED AT THE LEBANON-SPRINGFIELD, KY AIRPORT TOOK OFF ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT WITH ONE PASSENGER, MRS. ELLEN HALL ON 07/09/97 AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 HOURS. DURING THE FLIGHT, MR. REYNOLDS ATTEMPTED A LANDING ON A 1500 FOOT GRASS STRIP LOCATED ON HIS NEARBY FARM - SOMETHING HE HAD DONE MANY TIMES IN THE PAST. ON HIS INITIAL APPROACH AND LANDING, HE LANDED LONG AND DETERMINED HE WAS NOT GOING TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE THE FENCE ROW. SO, HE DECIDED TO GO AROUND. WITH NOT ENOUGH SPACE TO GAIN AIRSPEED, HE BARELY GOT AIRBORNE, STRUCK THE FENCE AND A SMALL TREE. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A NEARBY FARM PLOT NOSE WHEEL FIRST. THE NOSE WHEEL SHEARED, THE PLANE FLIPPED ON IT'S BACK AND CAME TO REST. BOTH OCCUPANTS ESCAPED UNINJURED AND PUT OUT ENSUING ENGINE FIRE WITH A HAND HELD EXTINGUISHER ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT. THE ELT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DISARMED. LOCAL POLICE AUTHORITIES NOTIFIED LOUISVILLE FLIGHT SERVICE AND THEY SUBSEQUENTLY NOTIFIED THE FAA AND NTSB. TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS APPROXIMATELY 2030 HOURS LOCAL. MR. REYNOLDS WAS FLYING WITH AN EXPIRED MEDICAL CERTIFICATE. IT EXPIRED 06/30/97. ALL OTHER AIRMAN AND AIRCRAFT CURRENCIES WERE MET. WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR. WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AS REPORTED BY THE FT. KNOX WEATHER STATION WAS FEW CLOUDS AT 4,000 FEET, VISIBILITY 7 STATUTE MILES, VARIABLE WINDS AT 4 KNOTS. TEMPERATURE WAS 23 DEGREES CENTIGRADE AND THE ALTIMETER WAS 30.02. OTHER DATA ABOUT THE AIRCRAFT, PILOT AND FLIGHT. MR. REYNOLDS HAD ABOUT 238 TOTAL HOURS OF FLYING TIME ACCUMULATED SINCE 1983. HE DID NOT FLY FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS FROM 1984 TO 1995 AND TOOK 6 INSTRUCTIONAL RIDES IN THE CESSNA 182 WITH AN INSTRUCTOR BEFORE FLYING SOLO IN 1995. HE TOOK HIS BI-ANNUAL COMPETENCY CHECK ON 09/29/95 AND WAS DUE AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER 1997. HIS PASSENGER, MR. ELLEN BALL FROM DEALE, MARYLAND HAD LEFT THE LOUISVILLE AREA PRIOR TO THE FAA ARRIVAL AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE AND COULD NOT BE QUESTIONED. SHE WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT LAST HAD AN ANNUAL INSPECTION IN AUGUST 1996, WITH MINOR REPAIRS BEING MADE TO A MUFFLER AND A CYLINDER. THE ENGINE HAD 1500 HOURS TOTAL TIME. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WITH 20 DEGREES OF FLAPS EXTENDED AND NEARLY 40 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD. THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE T THE HULL, WINGS, ENGINE, AND PROPELLER. THE FIELD WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WAS A TOBACCO FIELD OWNED BY MR. LARRY SMITH, WHOSE PHONE NUMBER IS ^PRIVACY DATA O^. MR. REYNOLDS LIVES AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE FIELD HE USES ON HIS FARM IS LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF HIS HOME AND RUNS NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST. THE MOST SOUTHWEST PORTION HAS AN UPSLOPE. I WAS ASSISTED IN THE INVESTIGATION BY MR. KEITH DEBERRY - MAINTENANCE, AND MR. GERRY MILBURN, OPERATIONS. BOTH WORK IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL SECTION OF THE LOUISVILLE FSDO. ## 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 NYC97LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97LA141), Jul 10, 1997: Cessna 182 (N8568T), Springfield, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's misjudgment of distance and speed, and his delay in aborting the landing. Factors relating to the accident were: the pilot's failure to attain a proper touchdown point for landing, and… 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. 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