- Date
- October 21, 1973
- Place
- Marseilles, IL · MARSEILLES, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5983BCessna 182A
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731021034759A
- Case key
- 188290
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3185 73/10/21 MARSEILLES,ILL CESSNA 182A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 1637 TIME - 0830 N5983B PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 290 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRAIRIE LAKE HUNT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GALESBURG,ILL MARSEILLES,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- CAME TO REST IN SMALL LAKE ON AIRPORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5983B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Prairie Lake Hunt
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.