# Accident 19970922039369A: Cessna 182P, Dassel, MN, September 22, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1997, 18:00 local time
- Place: Dassel, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0792° N, 94.2992° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0792&lon=-94.2992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7331Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7331Q) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI97LA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA307) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970922039369A

## Narrative

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

CRASH LANDED SHORT OF PRIVATE STRIP. (-23) LOCAL AREA FLIGHT ORIGINATED WITH SOUTH DEPARTURE FROM PRIVATE STRIP.  WHILE LANDING, ROBERTSON STOL EQUIPPED CE-182 ON PRIVATE STRIP, PILOT HITA RISE ON APPROACH END OF MANICURED GRASS STRIP AND KNOCKED OUT NOSE GEAR.  GRASS STRIP ROLLED AND PREPPED BY OWNER.  OWNER'S DAUGHTER CUT GRASS ON STRIP INCLUDING APPROACH ENDS BY APPROXIMATELY 80-100' BEYOND PREPPED AREA.  PILOT WAS MISQUED TO THRESHOLD DURING FINAL LANDING TO NORTH (CALM WIND).  NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGER.  DAMAGE LIMITED TO PROP, NOSE GEAR, LOWER COWL AND FIREWALL LOWER AREA (VERY MINOR INDENT).

## 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 CHI97LA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA307), Sep 22, 1997: Cessna 182 (N7331Q), Dassel, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point on the airstrip. Factors associated with the accident were the high vegetation which skewed the pilot's visual perception of threshold, 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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