# Accident 19970713018619A: Cessna 182K, Ellington, CT, July 13, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1997, 16:00 local time
- Place: Ellington, CT
- Airport: Ellington Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9254° N, 72.4571° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELLINGTON (7B9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9254&lon=-72.4571&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2539R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2539R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182K (registry code 2072724, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182K
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 247 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD97LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970713018619A

## Narrative

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

(.4)ON JULY 13, 1997, AT 1600 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 182K, N2539R, WAS SUBSTANTILLY DAMAGED WHEN IT STRUCK A DITCH DURING THE LANDING ROLL AT ELLINGTON AIRPORT, ELLINTON, CONNECTICUT.  THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91, AND ORIGINATED AT NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.  THE PILOT SAID HE OVERFLEW THE AIRPORT, AND CHECKED THE WINDSOCK.  HE SAID THE WINDS APPEARED TO BE VARIABLE, SO HE PLANNED HIS APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 19.  A FULL FLAP LANDING WAS INITIATED WITH AN APPROACH SPEED OF 80MPH. AS HE APPROACHED THE THRESHOLD,  HE PULLED THE POWER BACK TO IDLE, BUT THE AIRPLANE DID NOT SETTLE ONTO THE 1,800 FOOT LONG RUNWAY.  HE FURTHER STATED:  "...I PULLED BACK AND THE PLANE SETTLED DOWN TO THE ASPHALT. I BEGAN TO APPLY BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN AS I KNEW THAT THE RUNWAY WAS RATHER SHORT.  I IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THAT THE BRAKES DID NOT SEEN TO BE STOPPING THE AIRCRAFT EVEN THOUGH THE TIRES WERE SQUEALING...I SAW THE GRASS AND THE CORNFIELD AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND REALIZED THAT I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO STOP BEFORE THE END OF THE   THE RUNWAY.  AT THAT POINT, I DID NOT BELIEVE THAT A SAFE GO-AROUND WAS POSSIBLE..."  THE AIRPLANE THEN EXITED THE RUNWAY, AND NOSED OVER INTO A DITCH.  THE PILOT SAID THAT THERE WAS NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION WITH THE AIRPLANE OR THE ENGINE.  HE SAID THE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF THE DITCH WAS NOT THERE, AS HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP WITH LITTLE IF ANY DAMAGE.  THE REPORTED WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE FROM 280 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS.

## 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 IAD97LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA098), Jul 13, 1997: Cessna 182K (N2539R), Ellington, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of speed and distance and his failure to execute a go around.

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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