# NTSB CHI83LA289: Cessna 182, N96817, Anderson, IN, July 8, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 8, 1983, 18:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place: Anderson, IN
- Location: 40.1086° N, 85.6130° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ANDERSON RGNL (AID), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1086&lon=-85.6130&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12241
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA289
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12241/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA289

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT DURING THE LANDING, HE ENCOUNTERED WINDS THAT WERE VARIABLE & GUSTY. SUBSEQUENTLY, WHILE LANDING WITH 1 NOTCH OF FLAPS, THE ACFT WAS LANDED HARD & DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST. AFTER DEPARTING THE RWY, THE NOSE GEAR MIRED IN MUDDY TERRAIN & THE ACFT WENT OVER ON ITS TOP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N96817 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18266861
- Airframe hours: 1348
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470 225 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert L. Seaman
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 5, 1982, 139 hours before
- Departed: MIE, MUNCIE, IN
- Airport: AID, Anderson, runway 30, 5,400 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 133 total, 37 in this make and model, 93 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: AID

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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