# NTSB CEN10CA577: Cessna T182T, N2439W, Downers Grove, IL, September 28, 2010 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: September 28, 2010, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC) - Place: Downers Grove, IL - Coordinates: 41.732498, -87.999168 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7325&lon=-87.9992&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: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 16, 2011 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 77451 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN10CA577 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/77451/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77451 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA577 ## Probable cause The pilot's improper airspeed during landing, which resulted in a runway overrun, and his delayed decision to execute a go-around. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna T182T, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md?model=2072738), [All aircraft, 1,681 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/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 T182T, 22 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072738), [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 T182T, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md?model=2072738), [All aircraft, 400 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna T182T, 12 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072738), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot stated that although the airplane touched down a little bit faster than he anticipated during the initial landing roll, he thought he would be able to stop the airplane within the remaining runway. He later realized that he would not be able to stop but it was too late for him to abort the landing. The airplane departed the end of the runway and impacted a ditch. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical problems with the airplane and opined that he should have performed a go-around. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed the nose landing gear was collapsed, the firewall was bent, and the left wing was bent aft. ## Factual narrative The pilot stated that during landing on runway 09 (2,772 feet long by 150 feet wide, asphalt/turf), the airplane "touched down a little bit fast..." He felt he could stop the airplane within the remaining runway; however, "by the time I realized that I could not stop on time it was too late to pull up..." Subsequently, the airplane departed the end of the runway and impacted a ditch. The pilot reported no mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident and reported he should have performed a go-around. Examination of the airplane revealed the nose landing gear was collapsed, the firewall was bent, and the left wing was bent aft. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2439W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2439W-2012-12-04), registration cancelled 2012-12-04, S/N T18208529, built 2006 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA T182T - Registry model: [Cessna T182T](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t182t) (registry code 2072738) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming TIO-540-AK1A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-ak1a) (registry code 42005, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: T18208529 - Airframe hours: 480 - Engines: LYCOMING TIO-540-AK1A 235 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, January 4, 2010 - Departed: Danville, IL - Destination: LL22, Downers Grove, IL - Airport: LL22, Brookeridge Air Park, runway 09, 2,772 × 150 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 56; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review April 16, 2005; seat: left; flight hours: 670 total, 560 in this make and model, 502 as pilot in command, 54 in the last 90 days, 23 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 1° at 5 knots, gusting 10 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none ## 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 20100928045939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100928045939A), Sep 28, 2010: Cessna T182T, Downers Grove, IL, Substantial damage. Aircraft was fast on final to runway 9 at Brookridge Airpark, Downers Grove, IL the aircrft landed long and veered off left side of runway into a ditch with no… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 2, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77451. 484 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 484 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40338061&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.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. 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