# NTSB CHI89LA051: Cessna 182A, N4028D, Baldwin, WI, February 11, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 11, 1989, 15:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place: Baldwin, WI
- Location: 44.9541° N, 92.3718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baldwin, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9541&lon=-92.3718&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 25, 1991
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14325
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI89LA051
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14325/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA051

## Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO GO AROUND WHEN HE LANDED LONG WITH TOO MUCH SPEED FOR THE CONDITIONS.  FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE:  THE PILOT'S EXCESSIVE AIRSPEED, HIS FAILURE TO ATTAIN THE PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT, THE CROSSWIND, SNOWY/ICY RUNWAY CONDITIONS, AND THE SNOWBANK.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4028D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4028D), registered now, S/N 34728 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34728
- Airframe hours: 2640
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Registered owner: Skydive, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 30, 1988, 39 hours before
- Departed: NONE
- Destination: NONE
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: Baldwin, runway 18, 2,500 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 19; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 317 total, 48 in this make and model, 287 as pilot in command, 39 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 28 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MSP, 35 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 19890211031329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890211031329A), Feb 11, 1989: Cessna 182A, Baldwin, WI, Substantial damage. Landed long on icy runway unable to stop ran off end hit a snowbank and nosed over.

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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