- Date
- February 17, 1985, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mundelein, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N736ZXCessna 182RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850217004349A
- Case key
- 13012
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt of this acft did not know the rwy surface condition prior to an attmpted landing. UNICOM advisories were not available. Due to a recent storm, six to twelve inches of wet snow overlying a patchy layer of compacted snow existed when he touched down. The acft slid off the rwy shortly after touchdown. Substantial acft damage occurred when the acft struck a snowbank on the edge of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N736ZX
- Reported as
- Cessna 182RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18200813
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-JC35D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Slater
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Greenwood, IL
- Airport
- Victory Aircraft, runway 36, 1,838 × 50 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,800 total · 25 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 15 knots, gusting 5
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORD, 19 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.