# NTSB CHI85LA381: Cessna 182Q, N97855, West Lafayette, IN, September 17, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 17, 1985, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: West Lafayette, IN
- Coordinates: 40.44075, -86.909744 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4408&lon=-86.9097&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): 13216
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA381
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13216/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA381

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - level off - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - failure,partial
  - recovery from bounced landing - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTED THE ACFT BOUNCED TWICE ON TOUCHDOWN. THE FINAL TOUCHDOWN WAS HARD AND THE NOSE WHEEL SEPARATED. THE NOSE GEAR STRUT DUG INTO SOD RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N97855](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N97855), registered now, S/N 18267225, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18267225
- Airframe hours: 617
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-U 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert L. Dahnke
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: TVC, TRAVERSE CITY, MI
- Destination: W. LAFAYETTE, IN
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: Private, runway 18, 2,000 × 75 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 785 total, 785 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LAF, 5 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 19850917045679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850917045679A), Sep 17, 1985: Cessna 182Q, West Lafayette, IN, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing, then landed on the nose gear. Sheared off the nose gear and damaged the engine firewall.

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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