# NTSB CHI92LA251: Cessna 182P, N1368S, Ephraim, WI, August 21, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 21, 1992, 14:27 local (19:27 UTC)
- Place: Ephraim, WI
- Coordinates: 45.149074, -87.159957 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1491&lon=-87.1600&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 26, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15527
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI92LA251
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15527/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA251

## Probable cause

THE PILOT SELECTED THE WRONG RUNWAY FOR LANDING.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1368S), registered now, S/N 18264931, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18264931
- Airframe hours: 2096
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920821032639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920821032639A), Aug 21, 1992: Cessna 182P, Ephraim, WI, Substantial damage. Landed nose first collapsing nose gear. Skidded off runway 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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