# NTSB CHI85LA051: Cessna 182H, N8530S, Terre Haute, IN, November 17, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 16, 1984, 20:30 local (Nov 17, 1984, 01:30 UTC)
- Place: Terre Haute, IN
- Location: 39.5478° N, 87.3774° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKY KING (3I3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5478&lon=-87.3774&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12958
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA051
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12958/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA051

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper alignment - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual/aural perception, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - light condition - night (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway edge lights - not operating (contributing factor)
  - landing light(s) - inoperative (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing

## Analysis

PLT STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO ACTIVATE THE RUNWAY LIGHTS BY RADIO SO VISUAL CUES OF ARPT BLDGS WERE USED TO LINE UP WITH RUNWAY. ACFT LNDG/TAXI LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. PLT DID NOT REALIZE HE HAD UNDERSHOT THE APPROACH TURN AND WAS, IN FACT, LINED UP TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY UNTIL JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. ACFT TOUCHED DOWN IN SOFT TERRAIN AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8530S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18256630
- Airframe hours: 1686
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Charles W. Areson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 9, 1984
- Departed: ALN, ALTON, IL
- Destination: 3I3, TERRE HAUTE, IN
- Airport: 3I3, Sky King, runway 8, 3,200 × 50 ft

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 797 total, 577 in this make and model, 731 as pilot in command, 69 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: -0 °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 19841116063389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841116063389A), Nov 16, 1984: Cessna 182H, Terre Haute, IN, Substantial damage. Landed beside runway in soft field and flipped over during night landing. Unable to activate runway lights.

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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