# NTSB CHI86LA204: Cessna 182G, N95638, Chesaning, MI, August 17, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 17, 1986, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Chesaning, MI
- Coordinates: 43.180747, -84.109649 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1807&lon=-84.1096&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): 13508
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86LA204
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13508/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA204

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - initiated
- Loss of control - in flight, landing
  - aborted landing - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS MAKING HIS FIRST LANDING TO A SOD RUNWAY. WHILE DECELERATING OVER THE RUNWAY AT ABOUT 6' AGL. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SINK RAPIDLY. HE ADDED POWER, BUT THE LANDING GEAR HIT HARD AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED SEVERAL FEET BACK INTO THE AIR. HE ADDED FULL POWER TO GO AROUND, BUT THE  AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT IN A SHALLOW RIGHT CLIMBING TURN. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS NEVER ABLE TO STRAIGHTEN THE AIRCRAFT AND CRASHED INTO THE GRASS TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N95638 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 66587
- Airframe hours: 1300
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-U 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: S & L Equipment Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 17, 1986, 57 hours before
- Departed: PTK, PONTIAC, MI
- Destination: 50G
- Airport: 50G, Chesaning, runway 36, 2,200 × 150 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 349 total, 173 in this make and model, 210 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MBS, 22 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 19860817040559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860817040559A), Aug 17, 1986: Cessna 182Q, Chesaning, MI, Substantial damage. Lost aircraft control during goaround from a bounced landing. Pilot was not familiar with soft field landings.

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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