- Date
- May 15, 1993, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bath, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N21137Cessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930515032719A
- Case key
- 11945
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Probable cause
The pilot did not attain the proper touchdown point and did not go around while there was still sufficient speed to do so. The wet runway grass was a related factor.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot was landing on a 1900 foot long, wet, grass strip. According to him, the runway had a steep up slope on the approach end with trees to the left and a left down slope on the departure end with 20 foot trees nearby. The pilot stated that the runway grass was freshly cut and rain had recently fallen. As the airplane crossed the threshold at 70 mph with full flaps and no power, it touched down. The pilot applied the brakes, but they were ineffective. The airplane began to slide on the wet runway. Reportedly, the airplane touched down about one third of the way down the runway. It then exited the runway and nosed over onto trees. The pilot stated that there was no mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21137
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18261439
- Airframe hours
- 964
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gary B Roush
- Registered owner
- Gary Roush/ Dennis Lockard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 21, 1992 · 61 hours before
- Departed
- ELM · Elmira, NY
- Destination
- 23NY
- Airport
- 23NY · Jolamtra, runway 3, 1,900 × 50 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,143 total · 525 in this make and model · 1,615 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ELM, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N21137 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.