# NTSB CHI82DA133: Cessna 182, N6308A, Brazil, IN, April 25, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: April 25, 1982, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place: Brazil, IN
- Location: 39.5220° N, 87.1244° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brazil, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5220&lon=-87.1244&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70021
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA133
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70021/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA133

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - runway (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ON THE GRASS ADJACENT TO A PAVED RUNWAY. WHILE ON LANDING ROLL THE LANDING GEAR CONTACTED THE EDGE OF A PAVED TAXIWAY THAT RAN PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6308A](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6308A), registered now, S/N 33108, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (registry code 2072702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 33108
- Airframe hours: 2452
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470R 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Donald Bove Lunber Co.
- Registered owner: Donald Bove Lunber Co.
- Departed: 012, BRAZIL, IN
- Destination: 012, BRAZIL, IN
- Airport: 012, Arthur, runway 27, 3,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 4,348 total, 350 in this make and model, 4,348 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 131 °F

## 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 19820425010969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820425010969A), Apr 25, 1982: Cessna 182, Brazil, IN, Substantial damage. Pilot made landing on sod parallel to hard surface runway. Aircraft flipped inverted crossing taxiway.

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.

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