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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182Q · Joliet, IL · June 30, 2007

Date
June 30, 2007 · 21:30 local
Place
Joliet, IL
Airport
Joliet Regional
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N735VC
Reported as
Cessna 182Q
Reported engine
Continental O470*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
209 total209 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) The pilot privacy data omitted departed from double eagle ii airport, albuquerque, NM (kaeg), in his Cessna 182Q making two stops enroute to Joliet Regional Airport, Joliet, IL (kjot). When arriving at kjot at 2130 local the weather conditions were favorable with calm winds and clear skies. Kjot is an uncontrolled field with one paved and one grass runway. The pilot privacy data omitted chose to land on runway 30 because there was an airplane that departed from that runway when he arrived. The pilot privacy data omitted commented that the dim medium intensity runway lights (mirl) and the lack of a lighted runway centerline made his approach to land difficult. His first attempt at landing resulted in a go around due to being high on the approach and gaining excessive airspeed. His second approach was at an appropriate angle and airspeed, however he floated down the runway while trying to set the airplane down. Upon touching down he immediately applied full braking, but was unable to bring the airplane to full stop before the end of the runway. The airplane exited the end of the runway and continued to travel forward on the airport grass until it hit a dip in the surface where the airplane's propeller struck the ground. The airplane then traveled over a paved road where it then came to a rest. The pilot privacy data omitted stated that he is accustomed to the higher density altitude from his home airport, kaeg, and was not expecting the improved aircraft performance near sea level.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED FROM DOUBLE EAGLE II AIRPORT, ALBUQUERQUE, NM (KAEG), IN HIS CESSNA 182Q MAKING TWO STOPS ENROUTE TO JOLIET REGIONAL AIRPORT, JOLIET, IL (KJOT). WHEN ARRIVING AT KJOT AT 2130 LOCAL THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE FAVORABLE WITH CALM WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES. KJOT IS AN UNCONTROLLED FIELD WITH ONE PAVED AND ONE GRASS RUNWAY. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CHOSE TO LAND ON RUNWAY 30 BECAUSE THERE WAS AN AIRPLANE THAT DEPARTED FROM THAT RUNWAY WHEN HE ARRIVED. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COMMENTED THAT THE DIM MEDIUM INTENSITY RUNWAY LIGHTS (MIRL) AND THE LACK OF A LIGHTED RUNWAY CENTERLINE MADE HIS APPROACH TO LAND DIFFICULT. HIS FIRST ATTEMPT AT LANDING RESULTED IN A GO AROUND DUE TO BEING HIGH ON THE APPROACH AND GAINING EXCESSIVE AIRSPEED. HIS SECOND APPROACH WAS AT AN APPROPRIATE ANGLE AND AIRSPEED, HOWEVER HE FLOATED DOWN THE RUNWAY WHILE TRYING TO SET THE AIRPLANE DOWN. UPON TOUCHING DOWN HE IMMEDIATELY APPLIED FULL BRAKING, BUT WAS UNABLE TO BRING THE AIRPLANE TO FULL STOP BEFORE THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE EXITED THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED TO TRAVEL FORWARD ON THE AIRPORT GRASS UNTIL IT HIT A DIP IN THE SURFACE WHERE THE AIRPLANE'S PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE THEN TRAVELED OVER A PAVED ROAD WHERE IT THEN CAME TO A REST. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE IS ACCUSTOMED TO THE HIGHER DENSITY ALTITUDE FROM HIS HOME AIRPORT, KAEG, AND WAS NOT EXPECTING THE IMPROVED AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE NEAR SEA LEVEL.