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Accident · Substantial damage
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FAA accident report · Cessna 182 · Weeping Water, NE · October 29, 1998

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Date
October 29, 1998 · 19:20 local
Place
Weeping Water, NE
Airport
Browns Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2291G
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI99LA014
Reported as
Cessna 182
Reported engine
Continental O470L
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,825 total476 in this make and model113 in the last 90 days
N2291GRegistration cancelled Sep 17, 2013 · Cessna 182BS/N 51591 · Built 1958Airframe modelCessna 182BEngine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot attempted to land at unlighted airport at night using the headlights from a motor vehicle to shine the lights of the vehicle across the runway to be used by the pilot. The pilot landed to the right of center on the grass runway. The runway contained bumps and ruts, of which the pilot could not see because of the darkness, and the pilot lost control of the aircraft as the aircraft swerved to the right of center, crossed and adjoining soybean field, continued across the bean field, sheared the nose wheel from the aircraft. The aircraft continued on, struck another bump/rut and overturned. The aircraft was destroyed. The pilot was not injured. (.4) the pilot reported that he was doing a night landing to a grass airstrip that had two lights at the approach end of runway 17. There were no other lights marking runway 17. The pilot reported that directional control was maintained until the right wheel hit a rut in the runway. He reported the airplane went airborne and veered off the right side of the runway. The airplane went through a harvested bean field and nosed over when the nose gear hit a rut on the crossing runway. The pilot reported there was nothing wro ng with the airplane prior to the accident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT UNLIGHTED AIRPORT AT NIGHT USING THE HEADLIGHTS FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE TO SHINE THE LIGHTS OF THE VEHICLE ACROSS THE RUNWAY TO BE USED BY THE PILOT. THE PILOT LANDED TO THE RIGHT OF CENTER ON THE GRASS RUNWAY. THE RUNWAY CONTAINED BUMPS AND RUTS, OF WHICH THE PILOT COULD NOT SEE BECAUSE OF THE DARKNESS, AND THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AS THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED TO THE RIGHT OF CENTER, CROSSED AND ADJOINING SOYBEAN FIELD, CONTINUED ACROSS THE BEAN FIELD, SHEARED THE NOSE WHEEL FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON, STRUCK ANOTHER BUMP/RUT AND OVERTURNED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. (.4) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS DOING A NIGHT LANDING TO A GRASS AIRSTRIP THAT HAD TWO LIGHTS AT THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 17. THERE WERE NO OTHER LIGHTS MARKING RUNWAY 17. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS MAINTAINED UNTIL THE RIGHT WHEEL HIT A RUT IN THE RUNWAY. HE REPORTED THE AIRPLANE WENT AIRBORNE AND VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE WENT THROUGH A HARVESTED BEAN FIELD AND NOSED OVER WHEN THE NOSE GEAR HIT A RUT ON THE CROSSING RUNWAY. THE PILOT REPORTED THERE WAS NOTHING WRO NG WITH THE AIRPLANE PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CHI99LA014Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportWeeping Water, NEthe pilot failed to maintain directional control. A factor was the uneven runway condition.Oct 30, 1998 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N2291G · 2

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

Incident 19860802047539IDescent · Weeping Water, NEAfter dropping chutist, engine quit due to fuel starvation.Aug 2, 1986Incident 19800421049789INormal Cruise · Lincoln, NEParachute caught on elevator ripping it half off. Plane and jumper landed safely.Apr 21, 1980 · Minor damage