# NTSB CHI88LA100: Cessna 182D, N8891X, Mt. Vernon, IL, April 16, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 16, 1988, 12:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place: Mt. Vernon, IL
- Coordinates: 38.30923, -88.909797 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3092&lon=-88.9098&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 28, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14066
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA100
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14066/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA100

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - fatigue(lack of sleep), pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8891X), registered now, S/N 18253291 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D
- Registry model: [Cessna 182D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182d) (registry code 2072710) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18253291
- Airframe hours: 4338
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880416011289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880416011289A), Apr 16, 1988: Cessna 182D, Mt Vernon, IL, Substantial damage. Student pilot bounced and made a hard landing on second attempt to land. Pilot was extremely fatigued.

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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