# NTSB CEN16CA390: Cessna 182, N2508Q, Rensselaer, IN, September 30, 2016 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: September 30, 2016, 18:50 local (23:50 UTC) - Place: Rensselaer, IN - Coordinates: 40.937221, -87.182502 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9372&lon=-87.1825&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed, report January 18, 2017 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 94141 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN16CA390 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/94141/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=94141 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16CA390 ## Probable cause The pilot's improper touchdown point during landing, which resulted in the left wing's subsequent impact with a cornfield. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Object/animal/substance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022000): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182K, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022000/cases.md?model=2072724), [All aircraft, 224 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022000/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 182K, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072724), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [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 182K, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=2072724), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182K, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=2072724), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md) - [Landing: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 182K, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2072724), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The private rated pilot conducted a local pleasure flight and returned to a private grass airfield. He reported that he had poles located at the end of the runway, to help establish the runways' s center line and that there was a field of standing corn on the left side of the runway. He added that during the landing he was slightly left of the runway centerline and should have executed a go-around. The airplane's left wingtip impacted the corn and the airplane continued left into the corn, nosed over, and came to rest inverted. Examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the fuselage and wings. ## Factual narrative The private rated pilot conducted a local pleasure flight and returned to a private grass airfield. He reported that he had poles located at the end of the runway, to help establish the runways' s center line and that there was a field of standing corn on the left side of the runway. He added that during the landing he was slightly left of the runway centerline and should have executed a go-around. The airplane's left wingtip impacted the corn and the airplane continued left into the corn, nosed over, and came to rest inverted. Examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the fuselage and wings. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2508Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2508Q-2017-05-17), registration cancelled 2017-05-17, S/N 18257708, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182 (K) - Registry model: [Cessna 182K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182k) (registry code 2072724) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18257708 - Year built: 1966 - Airframe hours: 4117.7 - Engines: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Culp Farms Inc - Registered owner: Culp Farms Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, January 9, 2016 - Departed: 4IN8, Rensselaer, IN - Destination: 4IN8, Rensselaer, IN - Airport: 4IN8, Culp Farms Airport, runway 9/27, 3,660 × 100 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 82; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 2,904 total, 2,400 in this make and model, 2,904 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days, 16 in the last 30 days, 0.5 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 20° at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 700 ft broken - Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 61 °F - Altimeter: 30.03 inHg - Observed at: KRZL, 7 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20160930019719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160930019719A), Sep 30, 2016: Cessna 182K, Rensselaer, IN, Substantial damage. The flight was planned as a part 91 flight. The pilot in command (PIC) attempted to land on runway 09 at Culp Farms Airport (4IN8), a turf runway, at… ## Other investigations on N2508Q (1) 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. - [NTSB CHI72FEM69](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72FEM69), May 24, 1972: Cessna 182K (N2508Q), Grand Rapids, MI, incident, minor damage ## Docket (5 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 15, 2016, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=94141. 1.5 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 921 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40446391&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF - Statements (item 2, .PDF, 129 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40446392&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Statements-Master.PDF - Weather Reports and Records (item 3, .PDF, 109 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40446393&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Weather%20Reports%20and%20Records-Master.PDF - Photo (Courtesy of FAA) (item 4, .PDF, 1 photo, 294 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40446394&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%20(Courtesy%20of%20FAA)-Master.PDF - Memo (item 5, .PDF, 90 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40446395&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memo-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.