- Date
- August 21, 1992, 14:27 local (19:27 UTC)
- Place
- Ephraim, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1368SCessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920821032639A
- Case key
- 15527
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Probable cause
The pilot selected the wrong runway for landing.
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
Pilot was attempting to land on runway 32 at his destination airport. Winds were from the south at 14 gusting to 19, and favored the use of runway 19. Pilot observed another airplane discontinue an approach to runway 32, but he elected to continue. Just before touchdown, a gust blew the airplane to the right. It landed on the nose gear which collapsed. The airplane departed the runway to the right, and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1368S
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18264931
- Airframe hours
- 2,096
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William B. Lewis
- Registered owner
- William B. Lewis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 28, 1992 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- BMI · Bloomington, IL
- Airport
- 3D2 · Ephraim-Fish Creek, runway 32, 2,700 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 366 total · 302 in this make and model · 302 as pilot in command · 51 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 14 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MTW, 50 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.