CHI94LA028

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 182 · Belleville, MI · October 21, 1993

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
October 21, 1993, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
Place
Belleville, MI
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N6353ACessna 182
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed · report July 25, 1994
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19931021040819A
Case key
9424

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Probable cause

was wind information not used by the pilot-in-command and a resultant exceeding of the airplane's performance capabilities.

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.

Loss of control - in flightLanding - flare/touchdown
Aircraft performance,landing capability - exceededCause
Wind information - not usedPilot in commandCause
OverrunLanding - roll
Terrain condition - soft
Nose downLanding - roll

Analysis

The pilot stated he flew the landing approach at 70 mph with full flaps and the airplane crossed the runway threshold at 60 mph. The winds, according to the pilot, were gusty at touchdown. According to the airport manager, the winds were 90 degrees to the landing runway with a speed of approximately 45 mph. On touchdown the airplane lifted off the runway. The second touch down occurred with 100 to 150 feet of the runway remaining. The pilot stated he was not able to stop the airplane in time before traveling off the departure end of the runway where the airplane nosed over.

Factual narrative

On October 21, 1993, at 1230 eastern daylight time (EDT), a Cessna 182, N6353A, registered to Robert Baker of Belleville, Michigan, and piloted by a private pilot, was destroyed during a nose over following an excursion off the departure end of Runway 36 (1,735' X 160' dry sod) during a landing roll at the Larsen Airpark, Belleville, Michigan. The personal 14 CFR Part 91 flight had not filed a flight plan. The pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated from Jackson, Michigan, at 1200 EDT.

During an interview the pilot stated he approached the landing runway as he normally would: 70 MPH with full flaps, crossing the runway threshold at 60 MPH. The pilot stated the airplane touched down and was lifted up by a gust of wind. He said he retracted the flaps and the airplane settled onto the runway with approximately 100 to 150 feet of runway remaining. He stated he could not stop the airplane within the remaining distance. The demonstrated cross wind component of N6353A is 12 MPH with no flaps extended and 11 MPH with full flaps extended.

Aircraft

Registration
N6353A
Reported as
Cessna 182
Category
Airplane
Serial number
33153
Airframe hours
1,939
Engine
Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Registered owner
Robert G. Baker
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal; Special, Provisional (Special)
Last inspection
Annual · July 1, 1993
Departed
JXN · Jackson, MI
Airport
43G · Larsen Field, runway 36, 1,736 × 150 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
67
Certificate
Private
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land
Medical
Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Seat
Left
Flight hours
520 total · 420 in this make and model

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
260° at 20 knots, gusting 30
Visibility
25 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
4,400 ft broken
Temperature
52 °F, dew point 34 °F
Altimeter
29.00 inHg
Observed at
YIP, 4 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.