# NTSB CHI02LA054: Cessna 182K, N2607Q, Nashville, MI, December 18, 2001 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: December 18, 2001, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC) - Place: Nashville, MI - Coordinates: 42.599853, -85.090454 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5999&lon=-85.0905&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report August 28, 2002 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 53981 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI02LA054 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/53981/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA054 ## Probable cause the pilot exceeding the proper touchdown point on the runway during the landing and his improper in-flight planning and decision. Factors relating to the accident were the pilot misjudging his speed and distance during the landing and the ditch. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Overrun, landing - roll - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (cause) - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause) - distance/speed - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor) ## Analysis The pilot said he was flying home from Hastings, Michigan. He said he checked the wind sock at his farm runway and found it indicated a direct crosswind. The pilot said with a direct crosswind, he always lands on about a 350 degree heading. The pilot said he touched down in the middle of the field. The pilot said his field has a little rise at each end and that he had to add a little power to get on the far side of the rise. The pilot said his power was back, he had full flaps extended, he flared and landed. He said everything seemed normal. The pilot said, "But 100+ (plus) feet I feel I got a little tailwind and I locked my brakes, shut mags (magnetos) off and thought I would make it but didn't, plane landed nose down in bottom of 8' (feet) drainage ditch." An examination of the airplane revealed no anomalies. Just before the accident, the winds reported at Battle Creek, Michigan, 19 miles south-southwest of the accident site were 260 degrees at 10 knots. ## Factual narrative On December 18, 2001, at 1600 eastern standard time, a Cessna 182K, N2607Q, piloted by a private pilot, was substantially damaged when it overran the runway (north direction, 1,940 feet by 70 feet, dry grass/turf) during landing on a private airstrip near Nashville, Michigan, and impacted into a ditch. Visual Meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was operating under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 without a flight plan. The pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated at Hastings, Michigan, at 1530, and was en route to Nashville, Michigan. In his written statement, the pilot said he was flying home from Hastings. He said he checked the wind sock at the farm's runway and found it indicated a direct crosswind. The pilot said with a direct crosswind, he always lands on about a 350-degree heading. The pilot said he touched down in the middle of the field as he always does. The pilot said his field has a little rise at each end and that he had to add a little power to get on the far side of the rise. The pilot said his power was back, he had full flaps extended, he flared, and landed. He said everything seemed normal. The pilot said, "But 100+ (plus) feet I feel I got a little tailwind and I locked my brakes, shut mags (magnetos) off and thought I would make it but didn't, plane landed nose down in bottom of 8' (feet) drainage ditch." A Federal Aviation Administration inspector examined the airplane at the accident site. The airplane had come to rest nose down in a ditch approximately 30 feet beyond the departure end of the pilot's privately-owned grass airstrip. The airplane's left wing was bent aft. The propeller blades were bent aft. The cowling was crushed aft. Flight control continuity was confirmed. An examination of the engine, engine controls, and other airplane systems revealed no anomalies. At 1553, the wind conditions reported at Battle Creek, Michigan, 19 miles south-southwest of the accident site was 260 degrees at 10 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2607Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2607Q-2017-06-30), registration cancelled 2017-06-30, S/N 18257807, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 182K - 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: 18257807 - Airframe hours: 2425.8 - Engines: Continental O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Archie R. Jennings - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, February 27, 2001, 117 hours before - Departed: 9D9, Hastings, MI - Destination: Nashville, MI - Airport: Farm field, runway 36, 1,940 × 70 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, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review December 4, 2000; seat: left; flight hours: 175 total, 144 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 260° at 10 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 46 °F, dew point 34 °F - Altimeter: 29.82 inHg - Observed at: BTL, 19 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 20011218034019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011218034019A), Dec 18, 2001: Cessna 182K, Nashville, MI, No damage. (-23) Pilot landed on his private 1,940 foot airstrip. Touched down approx. 1/2 of the way down runway and was unable to stop on wet grass. Aircraft came to… From the NTSB's public API. 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