- Date
- August 15, 1992, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Litchfield, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5446NCessna 182R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920815031389A
- Case key
- 15518
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to use all available runway and his not aborting the takeoff when the wing contacted the corn. A factor was the corn along side the runway.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
At the beginning of the takeoff roll, the left wing extended over the corn. As the takeoff run progressed, the wing contacted corn along the margin of the runway. The pilot continued to attempt takeoff, but the aircraft did not accelerate with the wing in the corn. Subsequently directional control was lost and the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5446N
- Reported as
- Cessna 182R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18267721
- Airframe hours
- 845
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Anderson, Jeff E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 7, 1991 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- Y85 · Hillsdale, MI
- Airport
- NONE · Rakers Acres, runway 9, 2,300 × 70 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 157 total · 68 in this make and model · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JXN, 18 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.
Other investigations on N5446N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.