# NTSB CHI90LA015: Cessna 207, N1517U, Dodgeville, WI, October 19, 1989 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: October 19, 1989, 07:40 local (12:40 UTC) - Place: Dodgeville, WI - Coordinates: 42.960296, -90.130203 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9603&lon=-90.1302&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 28, 1991 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 14582 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI90LA015 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14582/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA015 ## Probable cause PILOT'S IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION AND HIS DELAY IN DECIDING TO GO AROUND. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS, THE PILOT'S VISUAL PERCEPTION ON THE CROWNED RUNWAY, HIS MISJUDGEMENT OF SPEED AND REMAINING DISTANCE ON THE RUNWAY, AND UNEVEN TERRAIN BEYOND THE END OF THE RUNWAY. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Overrun, landing - roll - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause) - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor) - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor) - visual/aural perception, pilot in command (contributing factor) - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause) - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause) - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor) - ground loop/swerve - intentional ## Analysis DRG THE LNDG ROLL, THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE AS IT TRAVELED OVER A CROWN/CREST IN THE RWY. THE PLT SAID HE APPLIED FULL POWER TO AVOID A STALL, THEN CONTINUED WITH FULL POWER APPLIED TO GO AROUND. HOWEVER, THE ACFT SETTLED BACK TO THE RWY & THE PLT DECIDED THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT AIRSPEED & RWY REMAINING TO GO AROUND. HE APPLIED HEAVY BRAKING, BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP ON THE RWY. THE ACFT CONTD OFF THE DEP END & WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT TOWARD A HIGHWAY. THE PLT INTENTIONALLY SWERVED THE ACFT TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID THE ROAD. WHILE TURNING TO THE RIGHT, THE LEFT WING HIT UNEVEN TERRAIN & WAS DAMAGED. THE FIRST PART OF THE RWY HAD A 3% UPSLOPING GRADE. THE PLT ESTIMATE THE WIND WAS FROM 020 DEG AT 15 GUSTING 25 KTS. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N1517U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1517U), registered now, S/N 20700117, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 207 - Registry model: [Cessna 207](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207) (registry code 2073602) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 20700117 - Airframe hours: 6307 - Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-F3B 285 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Part 135 - Operator: Freight Runners, Inc. - Registered owner: Freight Runners, Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, January 13, 1989, 44 hours before - Departed: MKE, MILWAUKEE, WI - Destination: 55C - Airport: 55C, Dodgeville Muni, runway 12, 2,750 × 50 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 28; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 2,500 total, 600 in this make and model, 2,300 as pilot in command, 186 in the last 90 days, 27 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 20° at 15 knots, gusting 25 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 3,900 ft overcast - Temperature: 36 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg ## 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 19891019044789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891019044789A), Oct 19, 1989: Cessna 207, Dodgeville, WI, Substantial damage. Fast and long on landing,ballooned on touchdown,tried go around,unable. Aborted,ran off end of runway into a ditch. ## Other investigations on N1517U (1) 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. - [NTSB MIA78FKG25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FKG25), Mar 8, 1978: Cessna 207 (N1517U), Augusta, GA, substantial 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.