# Accident 20040925024739A: Cessna 182P, Washington, MO, September 25, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2004, 11:45 local time
- Place: Washington, MO
- Airport: Washington Memorial Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5917° N, 90.9978° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5917&lon=-90.9978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4637K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4637K-2021-01-08) (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 O470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,482 total, 259 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04CA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA287) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040925024739A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, PETER GILSTER (RIGHT SEAT), WAS ADMINISTERING A BFR TO ROGER ECHELMEIER (LEFT SEAT). MR. ECHELMEIER WAS OUTSIDE OF BFR CURRENCY. MR. GILSTER WAS SHOWN IN HIS LOGBOOK TO BE CURRENT. HIS RECENCY OF FLIGHTS PRIOR TO THIS WAS ONE HOUR IN JUNE 2004 AND NO FLIGHTS PRIOR TO THAT FOR MANY MONTHS. THIS WAS THE THIRD LANDING DURING THIS SESSION, THE CFI FAILED TO DIRECT THE STUDENT OR MAKE CORRECTIONS TO THE AIRCRAFT TO AVOID A DAMAGING HARD LANDING.

## 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 CHI04CA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA287), Sep 25, 2004: Cessna 182P (N4637K), Washington, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The misjudged flare by the student pilot and the inadequate supervision by the flight instructor. A factor was the overload failure of the nose landing gear.

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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