# Accident 19980717021209A: Cessna 182A, Springbrook, WI, July 17, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1998, 12:45 local time
- Place: Springbrook, WI
- Airport: Springbrook
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.9397° N, 91.6809° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9397&lon=-91.6809&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2139G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2139G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,093 total, 100 in this make and model, 135 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA261) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980717021209A

## Narrative

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

MADE HARD LANDING ON ABANONED PRIVATE STRIP. NOSEWHEEL BRACKET. BROKE. LOST WHEEL. NOSED OVER. (.4)THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD FLOWN A NORMAL SHORT FIELD PATTERN WITH A FINAL APPROACH CONFIGURATION AT 300' AGL OF 40 DEGREES OF FLAP AND AN AIRSPEED OF 60 KIAS.  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN FIRMLY IN A THREE POINT ATTITUDE AND BOUNCED. UPON THE SECOND TOUCH DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED FOR APPROXIMATELY 200' - 400' AT WHICH POINT THE NOSE CAME DOWN WITHOUT THE NOSE WHEEL.  THE NOSE WHEEL STRUT DUG INTO THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.  EXAMINATION OF THE AIRSTRIP BY A FEDERAL AVIATION INSPECTOR REVEALED THE FIELD CONDITIONS TO BE DRY AND THE HEIGHT OF VEGETATION TO BE APPROXIMATELY 2' - 3'.  THE GROUND SCAR FROM THE NOSE WHEEL WAS OBSERVED TO BE MORE PRONOUNCED THAN THAT PRODUCED BY THE MAIN WHEELS. THE NOSE WHEEL WAS LOCATED 156' LEFT OF THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN POINT AT A RELATIVE BEARING OF 035 DEGREES.  THE FRACTURED NOSE WHEEL U-BRACKET EXHIBITED NO EVIDENCE OF  FATIGUE OR PREEXISTING CRACK.                                                                                                                                                                                                (-23)PILOT MADE A HARD 3 POINT LANDING ON A NON-MAINTAINED GRASS RUNWAY (PVT). THE NOSE WHEEL BRACKET SPILT AND THE CONNECTING BOLT SHEARDED.  THE AIRCRAFT "LOST" ITS NOSE WHEEL, BOUNCED AND TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 680' DOWN THE RUNWAY, NOSED OVER AND FLIPPED ON ITS BACK.

## 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 CHI98LA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA261), Jul 17, 1998: Cessna 182A (N2139G), Springbrook, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper attitude and excessive sink rate during landing. The terrain condition was a contributing factor in the accident.

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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