# NTSB CHI89LA019: Cessna 182, N5711B, Pekin, IL, October 19, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 19, 1988, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Pekin, IL
- Coordinates: 40.559261, -89.620132 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5593&lon=-89.6201&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 7, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14307
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI89LA019
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14307/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA019

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - habit interference, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - aborted
  - landing gear,nose gear - separation
  - aborted landing - performed
  - emergency procedure - performed
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5711B), registered now, S/N 33711, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (registry code 2072702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 33711
- Airframe hours: 3074
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19881019048269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881019048269A), Oct 19, 1988: Cessna 182, Pekin, IL, Substantial damage. Failed to flare. Impact collapsed the nose gear. Went around and landed with minor additional damage.

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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