# NTSB CHI84FA319: Cessna 182N, N9101G, Oshkosh, WI, July 27, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: July 27, 1984, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Coordinates: 44.060272, -88.539718 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0603&lon=-88.5397&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12417
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84FA319
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12417/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84FA319

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - delayed
  - remedial action - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear - overload

## Analysis

THE PLT WAS ON A FLT TO AN EAA MEET AT OSHKOSH, WI. DURING ARRIVAL, THERE WERE NUMEROUS ACFT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR LANDING. WHILE THE ACFT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH, JUST BEFORE LANDING, THE TOWER CONTROLLER INSTRUNCTED THE PLT TO 'LAND LONG.'  THE PLT STATED THAT HE LEVELED OFF TO EXTEND HIS TOUCHDOWN POINT, BUT FAILED TO APPLY POWER TO COMPENSATE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT LANDED HARD & THE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9101G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9101G), registered now, S/N 18260641, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182N
- Registry model: [Cessna 182N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182n) (registry code 2072730) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18260641
- Airframe hours: 1075
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Thomas M. Utley
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 15, 1983, 0 hours before
- Departed: MSN, MADISON, WI
- Destination: OSH
- Airport: OSH, Wittman, runway 27, 6,180 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 200 total, 40 in this make and model, 152 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: OSH, 1 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 19840727035959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840727035959A), Jul 27, 1984: Cessna 182N, Oshkosh, WI, Substantial damage. Instructed by ats to land long. Pilot leveled off to extend but failed to apply power. Stalled, landed hard.

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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