# NTSB CHI86LA145: Cessna 182P, N84118, Platteville, WI, May 27, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 27, 1986, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Platteville, WI
- Coordinates: 42.730026, -90.469902 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7300&lon=-90.4699&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): 13464
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86LA145
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13464/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA145

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Overrun, landing - roll
  - brakes(normal) - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft

## Analysis

THE PLT LANDED THE ACFT ON RWY 7 WHICH WAS WET. WINDS AT THE TIME WERE FROM 120 DEGS AT 12 KTS. THE PLT STATED THAT THE WIND CAUSED THE ACFT TO SKID AND TRAVEL OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY. THE ACFT NOSED OVER AFTER CONTACTING SOFT SOIL ALONGSIDE THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N84118](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84118-2008-01-03), registration cancelled 2008-01-03, S/N 18261854, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18261854
- Airframe hours: 1863
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Jean F. Waite
- Registered owner: J. R. Waite
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 24, 1985, 66 hours before
- Departed: HYR, HAYWARD, WI
- Destination: PVB, PLATTEVILLE, WI
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: PVB, Grant County, runway 7, 3,600 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,013 total, 1,865 in this make and model, 1,866 as pilot in command, 21 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19860527020229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860527020229A), May 27, 1986: Cessna 182P, Platteville, WI, Substantial damage. The aircraft veered off the runway during landing and fllipped over on the soft shoulder.

## Other investigations on N84118 (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 ATL88LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA100), Mar 4, 1988: Cessna 182P (N84118), Norwalk, OH, 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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