- Date
- April 16, 1988, 12:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- Mt. Vernon, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8891XCessna 182D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880416011289A
- Case key
- 14066
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After electing to go-around on his first approach, the student pilot ballooned the aircraft as he passed over the runway on the second approach. Remedial action was attempted, but the pilot overcontrolled and the aircraft struck the runway slightly nosewheel first and very hard. The pilot stated that he was extremely fatigued.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8891X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18253291
- Airframe hours
- 4,338
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frazier, Lewis E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 22, 1987
- Departed
- 1H2 · Effingham, IL
- Destination
- MVN · Mt. Vernon, IL
- Airport
- MVN · Mt. Vernon, runway 15, 3,149 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 91 total · 19 in this make and model · 43 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 150 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MDH, 37 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.