- Date
- October 26, 1993, 06:30 local (11:30 UTC)
- Place
- Onaga, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N92881Cessna 182N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19931026044709A
- Case key
- 9425
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Probable cause
the pilot-in-command's poor pre-flight planning and failure to maintain runway alignment. Factors were the dark light conditions and the lack of runway lights.
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 he had landed at this uncontrolled and unlighted airport on other occassions at night with the use of car lights. On this landing the airplane touched down on the left side of the runway and struck a dirt berm.
Factual narrative
On October 26, 1993, at 0630 central daylight time, a Cessna 182N, N92881, registered to Kansas State Flying Club of Manhattan, Kansas, and operated by a private pilot, collided with a dirt berm on the edge of runway 36, at the Grutzmacher Municipal Airport, Onaga, Kansas. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The pilot and one passenger reported no injuries. The business 14 CFR Part 91 flight was being conducted in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan was on file. The flight departed Manhattan, Kansas, about 0600.
The pilot indicated that he attempted to land at the uncontrolled and unlighted airport during hours of darkness. He said he had done this successfully in the past with the aid of lights from a car. He stated that this time he landed to the left of the runway and struck the lip of dirt where a dozer had been working.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92881
- Reported as
- Cessna 182N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 60409
- Airframe hours
- 7,885
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kansas State Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Special, Provisional (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1993 · 267 hours before
- Departed
- MHK · Manhattan, KS
- Airport
- 52K · Grutzmacher Muni., runway 36, 2,340 × 65 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,278 total · 303 in this make and model · 1,097 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.