# NTSB CHI94LA168: Cessna 182B, N7261E, Glencoe, MN, May 22, 1994

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 22, 1994, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Glencoe, MN
- Coordinates: 44.760784, -94.140617 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7608&lon=-94.1406&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 12, 1995
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 9537
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI94LA168
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/9537/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA168

## Probable cause

collision with a fence post during landing roll after an inadvertent landing at the wrong field.

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence post
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE 81-YEAR-OLD PILOT WAS FLYING TO THE GLENCOE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT TO PICK UP PARACHUTISTS.  THE GLENCOE AIRPORT HAS A GRASS RUNWAY.  THE PILOT LANDED IN A GRASS FIELD ONE-HALF MILE SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT.  WITNESSES REPORTED THE PILOT CIRCLED THE FIELD BEFORE LANDING.  THE AIRPLANE STRUCK A FENCE POST AND NOSED OVER DURING LANDING ROLL.  AFTER THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRPLANE IT WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE.

## Factual narrative

On May 22, 1994, about 1200 central daylight time, a Cessna 182B, N7261E, was destroyed by fire after it struck a pole and nosed over during landing in a field near Glencoe, Minnesota.  The commercial pilot was not injured.  The personal flight originated at the Flying Cloud Airport, St. Paul, Minnesota.  No flight plan was filed, and visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time.

The purpose of the flight was to pick up a group of parachutists who were waiting at the Glencoe Municipal Airport.  The Glencoe Municipal Airport has a grass/turf runway.  The field the pilot landed in was about one-half mile south of the Glencoe Municipal Airport, and was a grass field.  Witnesses reported the pilot circled the field once and landed.  The wing struck a fence post during landing roll, and nosed-over.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7261E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7261E-2013-05-07), registration cancelled 2013-05-07, S/N 52261, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Registry model: [Cessna 182B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (registry code 2072706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 52261
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Ernie B. Joyner
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 1, 1993, 90 hours before
- Departed: FCM, ST. PAUL, MN

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 81; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 8,000 total, 7,500 in this make and model, 8,000 as pilot in command, 40 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MSP, 32 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 19940522012109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940522012109A), May 22, 1994: Cessna 182B, Glencoe, MN, Destroyed. Landed in field mistaken for airport. Tried go around but struck fence post and trees before crashing.

## Other investigations on N7261E (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI82FER13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FER13), Nov 27, 1981: Cessna 182B (N7261E), Eden Prairie, MN, substantial damage

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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