- Date
- October 19, 1988, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pekin, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5711BCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881019048269A
- Case key
- 14307
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that he attempted to make a 'wheels' landing in the Cessna 182 (tricycle gear), and made a hard landing on the turf runway. The pilot aborted the landing, requested emergency equipment and circled the airport until the emergency equipment arrived. Passengers were briefed on the landing and evacuation procedures, and emergency shutdown of electrical and fuel systems was performed before touchdown. The pilot stated that he had previously owned a Cessna 180 (coventional gear), and he believed that there was transference of habits involved in this accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5711B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33711
- Airframe hours
- 3,074
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Baker, Don
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1988 · 6 hours before
- Airport
- C15 · Pekin, runway 27, 1,500 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 44
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,500 total · 100 in this make and model · 8,500 as pilot in command · 115 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.