- Date
- August 7, 1993, 11:25 local (17:25 UTC)
- Place
- Buffalo, SD
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4724KCessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930807027999A
- Case key
- 9264
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's premature lift-off and subsequent stall/mush into rough/uneven terrain.
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
The pilot stated that the airplane lifted off the private strip and gained an altitude above the ground of about 25 to 30 feet and then settled back to the ground off the airport in rough terrain.
Factual narrative
On August 7, 1993, at 1125 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 182P, N4724K, registered to Everett G. Oliver of Mankato, Minnesota, and operated by an instrument rated private pilot, experienced a loss of control during initial climb to the south from a private strip near Buffalo, South Dakota. The airplane sustained substantial damage on impact with the terrain. The pilot and two passengers reported no injuries. The personal 14 CFR Part 91 flight was being conducted in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan was on file for the flight to Mankato, Minnesota. The flight was originating at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4724K
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18263723
- Airframe hours
- 2,482
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Oliver, Everett G.
- Registered owner
- Oliver, Everett G.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 4, 1992 · 104 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- MKT · Mankato, MN
- Airport
- NONE · None, runway 18, 3,300 × 100 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 784 total · 403 in this make and model · 715 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DIK, 100 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.