# NTSB CHI93LA298: Cessna 182P, N4724K, Buffalo, SD, August 7, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 7, 1993, 11:25 local (17:25 UTC)
- Place: Buffalo, SD
- Coordinates: 45.579948, -103.540313 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5799&lon=-103.5403&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 26, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 9264
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI93LA298
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/9264/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93LA298

## Probable cause

THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S PREMATURE LIFT-OFF AND SUBSEQUENT STALL/MUSH INTO ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - lift-off - premature, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4724K), registered now, S/N 18263723, built 1975 (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: 18263723
- Airframe hours: 2482
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19930807027999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930807027999A), Aug 7, 1993: Cessna 182P, Buffalo, SD, Substantial damage. Soft field takeoff. Unable to climb out of ground effect. Settled into rough terrain off end runway.

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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