# Accident 20030808022169A: Cessna 182G, Topeka, KS, August 8, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2003, 16:30 local time
- Place: Topeka, KS
- Airport: Buena Terra Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1589° N, 95.6100° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1589&lon=-95.6100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2064R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2064R-2006-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182G (registry code 2072716, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 7,143 total, 431 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03FA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03FA251) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030808022169A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE ATP-RATED PILOT TOOK OFF AT THE BUENA TERRA AIRPARK NEAR TOPEKA, KANSAS ON THE 2000 FT. GRASS RUNWAY 35 AT 4:30 PM. THE PLEASURE FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER CFR 14 PART 91 WITH TWO PASSENGERS INCLUDING BAGGAGE, AND AN INTENDED DESTINATION OF PITTSBURG, KS. THE AIRCRAFT, ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, APPEARED TO MUSH OVER A HOUSE AND TREE AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, PULLED UP TO CLEAR POWER LINES APPROXIMATELY 300 FT. NORTH OF THE HOUSE AND CRASHED IN A RAVINE JUST NORTH OF THE 62 ST. CROSSROAD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND HAD APPROXIMATELY 50 GALLONS OF FUEL ONBOARD, BUT THERE WAS NO FIRE. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED, THE CO-PILOT SEAT PASSENGER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES, WITH THE REAR SEAT PASSENGER SUSTAINING MINOR INJURIES. WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VMC, TEMPERATURE APPROXIMATELY 91 DEGREES, AND THE WIND WAS REPORTED TO BE ABOUT 3 TO 4 KNOTS AT 060. WEATHER REPORT TAKEN FROM TOPEKA BILLARD AIRPORT FIVE MILES SOUTH OF THE PRIVATE AIRPARK. (NOTE) TOTAL HOURS, HOURS MAKE & MODEL, AND HOURS LAST 90 DAYS ARE BASED ON THE PILOT'S FIVE YEAR AVERAGE PER MONTH BETWEEN 12-04-97 AND 03-17-03. REGULATION CHECKRIDE INFORMATION UP TO 03-17-03. ALL CHECKRIDE INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE.

## 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 CHI03FA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03FA251), Aug 8, 2003: Cessna 182G (N2064R), Topeka, KS, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed resulting in a stall during takeoff. Contributing factors were the low altitude he was at during the takeoff, and the trees.

## Other reports on N2064R (1)

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

- [Incident 19990709018739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990709018739I), Jul 9, 1999: Cessna 182G (N2064R), Hutchinson, KS. (-5)Aircraft departed Hutchinson, Kansas enroute to junction city, Kansas. Approxiamtely six miles northeast of Hutchinson, and at an altitude of 3000 feet.…

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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