# NTSB CHI91LA044: Cessna 182RG, N756ZQ, Lansing, IL, December 9, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 9, 1990, 14:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place: Lansing, IL
- Coordinates: 41.560573, -87.539131 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5606&lon=-87.5391&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 12, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14968
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI91LA044
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14968/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA044

## Probable cause

EXCESSIVE LOWERING OF FLAPS RESULTED IN AIRCRAFT CONTROL NOT BEING MAINTAINED BY THE PILOT..INADEQUATE AIRSPEED RESULTED IN A STALL/MUSH AND SUBSEQUENT COLLISION WITH THE TERRAIN. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: A GUSTY CROSSWIND AND A DELAYED GO-AROUND BY THE PILOT.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - aborted
  - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - gusts (contributing factor)
  - lowering of flaps - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - delayed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - encountered, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, climb
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND, WITH FULL FLAPS, IN A GUSTY CROSSWIND, DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST WHEN THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE NOSE WHEEL, THEN BECAME AIRBORNE. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT, AND A GO-AROUND WAS ATTEMPTED, BUT LACK OF FLYING SPEED RESULTED IN A COLLISION WITH THE TERRAIN. THE FLIGHT OPERATIONS HANDBOOK RECOMMENDS MINIMUM FLAPS DURING CROSS-WIND LANDINGS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N756ZQ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N756ZQ-1992-02-06), registration cancelled 1992-02-06, S/N R18201205 (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: R18201205
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-J3C5D 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Bern, James A.
- Departed: RFD, ROCKFORD, IL
- Destination: 3HA
- Airport: 3HA, Lansing, runway 27, 3,655 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 660 total, 195 in this make and model, 608 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 14 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 20,000,000 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at: MDW, 20 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 19901209053399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901209053399A), Dec 9, 1990: Cessna R182, Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. Tried to land in excessive crosswind with full flaps. Nose wheel hit aircraft ballooned. Lost control on go around.

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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