# NTSB CEN10CA177: Cessna 182T, N3503H, Lansing, IA, March 29, 2010 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: March 29, 2010, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC) - Place: Lansing, IA - Coordinates: 43.417499, -91.316108 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4175&lon=-91.3161&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 3 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 1, 2010 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA-DSM-FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 75599 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN10CA177 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75599/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75599 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA177 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to attain a proper touchdown point, resulting in an overrun and intentional ground loop. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182T, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=2072703), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182T, 26 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072703), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182T, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md?model=2072703), [All aircraft, 400 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Abrupt maneuver](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/270); cases with it: [Cessna 182T, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/270/sequence.md?model=2072703), [All aircraft, 346 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/270/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Cessna 182T, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2072703), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot landed long on his private farm airstrip. He intentionally ground-looped the airplane in order to avoid trees at the end of the airstrip. The airplane nosed over during the ground loop, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage, wings, and firewall. ## Factual narrative The pilot landed long on his private farm airstrip. He intentionally ground looped the airplane in order to avoid trees at the end of the airstrip. The airplane nosed over during the ground loop resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage, wings, and firewall. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N3503H](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3503H), registered now, S/N 18281006 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182T - Registry model: [Cessna 182T](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182t) (registry code 2072703) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18281006 - Airframe hours: 606.5 - Engines: Lycoming IO-540-AB15A 235 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Ransom Woodbury Trustee - Registered owner: Ransom Woodbury Trustee - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, January 18, 2010, 4 hours before - Departed: IOW, Iowa City, IA - Destination: PVT, Lansing, IA - Airport: PVT, Pvt, runway 22, 1,100 × 70 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 71; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review July 21, 2008; seat: left; flight hours: 890 total, 600 in this make and model, 850 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 300° at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 55 °F - Altimeter: 30.04 inHg ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20100329030419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100329030419A), Mar 29, 2010: Cessna 182T, Lansing, IA, Substantial damage. The pilot and 2 passengers were on board the aircraft at the time of the accident. The pilot stated he left Iowa city at 4PM CDT and landed at his residence at… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 22, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75599. 1.1 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 1.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40328371&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.