# NTSB CHI86LA158: Cessna 182P, N20735, Gary, IN, June 19, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 19, 1986, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place: Gary, IN
- Location: 41.5934° N, 87.3464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gary, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5934&lon=-87.3464&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): 13475
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86LA158
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13475/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA158

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT. ACCORDING TO HIM, HE CLOSED THE THROTTLE OVER THE THRESHOLD DUE TO EXCESSIVE SPEED AND THE PLANE FLOATED FOR SOME DISTANCE AS HE BROUGHT THE CONTROL COLUMN BACK. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT THEN DROPPED AND THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE STUDENT MADE A GO-AROUND AND SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED SAFETY. HIS INSTRUCTOR, WHO OBSERVED THE ACCIDENT, BELIEVED THAT A THERMAL CAUSED THE PLANE TO FLOAT. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT AFTER TOUCHING DOWN, NOSE WHEEL FIRST, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE, THEN THE STUDENT MADE A GO-AROUND. AFTER THE FLIGHT, AN EXAM REVEALED THE LOWER FIREWALL WAS DAMAGED. THE STUDENT RPRTD THAT THE WIND WAS VARIABLE AT 8 GUSTING 15 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N20735](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N20735), registered now, S/N 18261165, built 1972 (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: 18261165
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert K. Burford
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 1, 1985, 22 hours before
- Airport: G44, Gary Municipal, runway 12, 7,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 73; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 264 total, 264 in this make and model, 56 as pilot in command, 21 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 8 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 88 °F

## 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 19860619026869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860619026869A), Jun 19, 1986: Cessna 182P, Gary, IN, Substantial damage. Aircraft caught an updraft on final and floated down runway. Touchdown was nose wheel first. Propeller damaged.

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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