# NTSB CHI95LA020: Cessna 182P, N9878E, Bremen, IN, October 22, 1994 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: October 22, 1994, 11:40 local (17:40 UTC) - Place: Bremen, IN - Coordinates: 41.439262, -86.150741 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4393&lon=-86.1507&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 19, 1995 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 9783 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI95LA020 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/9783/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA020 ## Probable cause the pilot's failure to perform a go-around prior to touchdown. Factors to the accident were the tailwind, excessive airspeed, the rough terrain and the powerlines. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Overrun, landing - roll - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor) - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor) - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - object - wire,static(marked) (contributing factor) - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor) - landing gear - overload ## Analysis THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE OVERSHOT FINAL AND LANDED LONG AND FAST. HE STATED HE ELECTED NOT TO ABORT THE LANDING DUE TO POWERLINES AT THE DEPARTURE END. HE ADDED POWER WHEN NEARING THE END OF THE AIRSTRIP IN ORDER TO TRAVEL OVER DITCHES BUT YET STAY UNDER THE POWERLINES. THE TOP OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER CONTACTED THE POWERLINES AND THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP IN A FIELD. THE LANDING WAS BEING MADE TO THE NORTH WITH A SOUTHWEST WIND OF 5 KNOTS. THE PILOT STATED HE INTENTIONALLY LANDED TO THE NORTH TO AVOID THE POWERLINES. HE STATED HE SHOULD HAVE PERFORMED A GO-AROUND PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. ## Factual narrative On October 22, 1994, at 1140 central standard time, a Cessna 182P, N9878E, registered to Robert W. Hall, overran the airstrip while landing at the Hackbarth private airstrip in Bremen, Indiana. The airplane was substantially damaged. The pilot and passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 flight. The flight originated from Nappanee, Indiana, on October 22, 1994, at 1130 cst. The pilot stated that his downwind traffic pattern leg for runway 36 was too close and he overshot final approach during the turn to final. He stated the winds were from the southwest at 5 knots. The pilot continued to report that his "flair was too long & too fast." He stated that he realized he was going to have trouble stopping, but decided not to attempt a go-around due to powerlines directly off the departure end of the runway. The pilot stated that when approaching the end of the grass airstrip, he applied power in an attempt to go over ditches and to stay under the powerlines. The airplane contacted the powerlines with the top leading edge surface of the horizontal stabilizer and came to rest in a field with the nose gear and left main gear sheared off. The pilot reported that he intentionally landed on runway 36 even though there was a southwest wind in order to avoid having to clear the powerlines at the north end of the runway. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9878E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9878E), registered now, S/N 18263939, 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: 18263939 - Airframe hours: 1552 - Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-S 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Robert W. Hall - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, November 23, 1993, 43 hours before - Departed: C03, NAPPANEE, IN - Airport: PVT, Hackbarth, runway 36, 1,900 × 100 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 55; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,258 total, 800 in this make and model, 1,110 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 190° at 9 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 45 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: SBN, 18 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 19941022035759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941022035759A), Oct 22, 1994: Cessna 182P, Bremen, IN, Substantial damage. Plane attempted to land on Private strip, ran off end of airstrip crossing two ditches and a road into a corn field 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.