# Incident 20050806021719I: Cessna 182A, Lancaster, WI, August 6, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2005, 17:00 local time
- Place: Lancaster, WI
- Airport: Lancaster Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7825° N, 90.6811° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LANCASTER MUNI (73C), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7825&lon=-90.6811&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3845D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3845D) (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 O470L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 340 total, 75 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050806021719I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 6, 2005, AT 1700 CST A CESSNA CE-182A, N3845D, CRASHED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY DURING FINAL APPROACH TO 73C, LANCASTER, WI. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ RECEIVED A MINOR INJURY AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED IN SKYDIVING OPERATIONS UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF FOUR SKYDIVERS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. PILOT HAD DROPPED JUMPERS FROM 10,000 FEET. HE REDUCED POWER TO IDLE, PLACED CARBURETOR HEAT-ON, PULLED PROPELLER CONTROL TO LOW RPM. ENTERED PATTERN AT 1000 AGL, LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 18, PUSHED PROPELLER CONTROL TO HIGH RPM. THROTTLE WAS STILL AT IDLE. REDUCED AIRSPEED TO 90 KNOTS, ADDED 10 DEGREES OF FLAP, TURNED DOWNWIND AT APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET AGL. PILOT REALIZED HE WOULD NEED TO ADD A LITTLE POWER AS AIRCRAFT WOULD END UP "SHORT" FOR THE RUNWAY. NO RESPONSE FROM ENGINE AS THROTTLE WAS PUSHED IN. PUMPED THROTTLE TWICE WITH NO RESPONSE. PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY CHECKLIST, STILL NO POWER FROM ENGINE. PUMPED THROTTLE TWO MORE TIMES WITH NO RESPONSE. BEGAN EMERGENCY APPROACH TO CORN FIELD. PILOT FLARED AIRCRAFT AS CORN STALKS BEGAN TO HIT MAIN GEAR. AIRCRAFT SLOWED RAPIDLY. AS AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, NOSE GEAR SHEARED OFF AND AIRCRAFT WENT INVERTED. MINOR DAMAGE TO COWLING AND SPINNER. MINOR INJURIES TO PILOT'S LIP.

## Other reports on N3845D (1)

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

- [Incident 20120616013679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120616013679I), Jun 16, 2012: Cessna 182A (N3845D), Lancaster, WI, No damage. June 16, 2012 at 1800 UTC a Cessna 182A registration number N3845D while on approach made an emergency landing in a hay field due to loss of power one mile…

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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