# NTSB CHI87LA181: Cessna 182J, N3164F, Lansing, IL, July 31, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 30, 1987, 22:18 local (Jul 31, 1987, 03:18 UTC)
- Place: Lansing, IL
- Coordinates: 41.559478, -87.539741 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5595&lon=-87.5397&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 8, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13805
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA181
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13805/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA181

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch

## Analysis

WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 27, THE PILOT OVERSHOT THE RUNWAY AND ROLLED INTO A SHALLOW DITCH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3164F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3164F-2018-01-18), registration cancelled 2018-01-18, S/N 18257264, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182J
- Registry model: [Cessna 182J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182j) (registry code 2072722) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18267264
- Airframe hours: 2120
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470 R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Robert B. Smith
- Registered owner: Robert B Smith
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: CGX, CHICAGO, IL
- Airport: 3HA, Lansing Municipal, runway 27, 2,432 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 119 total, 38 in this make and model, 69 as pilot in command, 34 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 20° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Temperature: 79 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 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 19870730040349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870730040349A), Jul 30, 1987: Cessna 182J, Lansing, IL, Substantial damage. The aircraft overran the runway and rolled into a ditch.

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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