# NTSB CHI86FEE02: Cessna 182Q, N94531, Lansing, IL, April 11, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: April 11, 1986, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Lansing, IL
- Coordinates: 41.560596, -87.539039 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5606&lon=-87.5390&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13287
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86FEE02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13287/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FEE02

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, landing - roll
  - landing gear,tire - failure,total
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

WHILE ON THE RETURN FLT TO LANSING, IL, THE PLT CHECKED THE MIDWAY ATIS FOR INFO. HE BELIEVED THAT JUST BEFORE LANDING AT THE LANSING MUNI ARPT, THE WIND HAD SHIFTED TO THE EAST. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE LAST 1/3 OF THE 2432 FT RWY. DURING HEAVY BRAKING, BOTH TIRES BLEW OUT. THE ACFT CONTD OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY, STRUCK A DITCH & NOSED OVER. SKID MARKS FROM THE ACFT WERE FOUND ON THE LAST 600 FT OF THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N94531](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N94531), registered now, S/N 18266431, built 1978 (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: 18266431
- Airframe hours: 1557
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-U 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jerry Bern
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 5, 1985, 54 hours before
- Departed: C59, LAKE LAWN, WI
- Destination: 3HA
- Airport: 3HA, Lansing Muni, runway 27, 2,432 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 4,000 total, 55 in this make and model, 3,870 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 80° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 57 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: GYY, 7 nm away

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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