# NTSB CHI88LA224: Cessna 182RG, N728JS, Dodgeville, WI, August 28, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 28, 1988, 13:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place: Dodgeville, WI
- Coordinates: 42.959629, -90.130638 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9596&lon=-90.1306&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report November 7, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14154
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA224
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14154/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA224

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wind information - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - inattentive, pilot in command
  - weather condition - gusts
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch
  - landing gear - collapsed
  - terrain condition - roadway/highway

## Analysis

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON A RUNWAY WITH WIND GUSTS AND A QUARTERING TAILWIND, THE PILOT FAILED TO ADEQUATELY JUDGE AND COMPENSATE FOR THE WIND CONDITIONS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED LONG, AND THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO BRING THE AIRCRAFT TO A STOP BEFORE THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY, CONTINUED THROUGH A DITCH, COLLAPSED THE LANDING GEAR, AND SKIDDED TO A STOP ON A STATE HIGHWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N728JS](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N728JS-1990-12-10), registration cancelled 1990-12-10, S/N R18201163 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182RG
- Registry model: [Cessna R182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (registry code 2072734) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R18201163
- Airframe hours: 1241
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-J3C5D 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Bachhuber, Theodore J.
- Registered owner: Bachhuber, Theodore J.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 10, 1988, 51 hours before
- Departed: UNU, JUNEAU, WI
- Airport: 55C, Dogeville, runway 12, 2,750 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 75; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,334 total, 972 in this make and model, 1,202 as pilot in command, 56 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 10 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LNR, 14 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 19880828035549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880828035549A), Aug 28, 1988: Cessna R182, Dodgeville, WI, Substantial damage. Landed long and fast in quartering tail wind. Unable to stop,ran off end of runway through a ditch onto a highway.

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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