# NTSB CHI85LA162: Cessna R182, N2299T, Chicago, IL, April 13, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 13, 1985, 13:06 local (19:06 UTC)
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Coordinates: 41.778999, -87.76934 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7790&lon=-87.7693&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13041
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA162
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13041/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA162

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - aircraft handling - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

WHILE IN THE LANDING FLARE, THE ACFT APPARENTLY TOUCHED DOWN ON THE NOSE GEAR & BEGAN TO PORPOISE. DURING THE SUBSEQUENT BOUNCES, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED & THE ACFT NOSED OVER AS IT DEPARTED THE SIDE OF THE RWY. THE PLT STATED THAT HE FELT THAT A GUST OF WIND HAD CAUGHT THE ACFT FROM THE REAR & CAUSED THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2299T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2299T-1989-01-19), registration cancelled 1989-01-19, S/N R18200024 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- Registry model: [Cessna R182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (registry code 2072734) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18200024
- Airframe hours: 495
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540 SER 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Bruce F. Patterson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 5, 1984, 90 hours before
- Airport: MDW, Chicago-Midway, runway 13, 5,390 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left; flight hours: 111 total, 46 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 18 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MDW

## 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 19850413015279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850413015279A), Apr 13, 1985: Cessna R182, Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. Porpoised on landing. Ran off side of the runway and nosed over.

## Other investigations on N2299T (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI81DEE13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEE13), Dec 26, 1980: Cessna 182RG (N2299T), Lansing, IL, substantial damage

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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