# Incident 20020815036819I: Cessna 182A, Chambersburg, PA, August 15, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2002, 09:55 local time
- Place: Chambersburg, PA
- Airport: Chambersburg Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9314° N, 77.6556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chambersburg, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9314&lon=-77.6556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N169DP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N169DP) (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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,450 total, 30 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020815036819I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KN68 WITH PILOT AND THREE PARACHUTE JUMPERS ON AUGUST 15, 2002 AT 0945 HRS. AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO 300 FEET WHEN PILOT NOTICED OIL SPRAYING ON THE WINDSHIELD. PILOT REDUCED POWER AND TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 24 WITH ABOUT 600 FEET OF RUNWAY REMAINING. PILOT LAID HARD ON BRAKES AND THE LEFT MAIN TIRE POPPED OFF THE RIM. THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER THE PILOT OR THE THREE PASSENGERS, AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE.

## Other reports on N169DP (6)

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

- [Accident 20080827849289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080827849289A), Aug 27, 2008: Cessna 182A (N169DP), Danielson, CT, Substantial damage. (-23) On 8/27/2008, @2258 z, a single Cessna, model number CE-182A, registration number N169DP, crashed inverted on level terrain, approximately 1000 yards…
- [Incident 20000803023959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000803023959I), Aug 3, 2000: Cessna 182A (N169DP), Chambersburg, PA, Minor damage. (-23)Unlawful entry to aircraft. The aircraft was apparently taxied to runway 24 by an unknown person. A person exited aircraft, appiled full power and allowed…
- [Incident 19941105042209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941105042209I), Nov 5, 1994: Cessna 182A (N169DP), Marietta, PA. Lost power on base leg. Landed off airport. Fuel exhaustion was the problem.
- [Incident 19920603020881I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920603020881I), Jun 3, 1992: Cessna 182A (N169DP), Morgantown, PA, Minor damage. Saw glider and tow plane lining up for takeoff. Moved to edge of runway. Glider clipped his wing tip on takeoff.
- [Accident 19870718035239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870718035239A), Jul 18, 1987: Cessna 182A (N169DP), Warm Springs, GA, Substantial damage. Engine quit on final approach. Hit top of trees. Mushing stall. Hit ground nose down.
- [Incident 19790204005299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790204005299I), Feb 4, 1979: Cessna 182A (N169DP), Guthrie, OK, 2 fatal. Two parachutists collided, both killed.

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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