# NTSB CHI95LA157: Cessna 182P, N52830, French Lick, IN, May 19, 1995 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: May 19, 1995, 16:35 local (21:35 UTC) - Place: French Lick, IN - Coordinates: 38.539436, -86.619071 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5394&lon=-86.6191&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 4 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 19, 1995 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 9891 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI95LA157 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/9891/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA157 ## Probable cause the pilot's not attaining a recovery from a bounced landing. Factors were high obstructions, and the pilot's intentional precautionary landing on rough/uneven and soft terrain. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - In flight collision with terrain/water, emergency landing after takeoff - recovery from bounced landing - not attained, pilot in command (cause) - aborted landing - attempted, pilot in command - terrain condition - high obstruction(s) (contributing factor) - precautionary landing - intentional, pilot in command (contributing factor) - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor) - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor) ## Analysis ON LANDING THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED TWICE AFTER WHICH THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO ABORT THE LANDING. THE PILOT FEARED THAT THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT CLIMB OVER TREES IN THE DEPARTURE PATH OF THE AIRPLANE AND PERFORMED A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF THE RUNWAY ON ROUGH, UNEVEN,AND SOFT TERRAIN. ## Factual narrative On May 19, 1995, at 1635 eastern standard time, a Cessna 182P, N52830, registered to Eagle Air, Inc., of Kalamazoo, Michigan, and operated by a private pilot, was substantially damaged during a precautionary landing following an aborted landing attempt from runway 8 (5,500' x 100' (dry/asphalt) at French Lick, Indiana. The pilot and three passengers reported no injuries. The personal 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan was on file. The flight departed Kalamazoo, Michigan, at 1600. In his written statement, the pilot said the airplane bounced twice on landing and he attempted to abort the landing; however when he thought that the airplane would not climb over tall obstacles in the departure path, he elected land the airplane on rough/uneven and soft and terrain off the runway. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N52830](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52830-1997-02-05), registration cancelled 1997-02-05, S/N 18262880 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P - Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18262880 - Airframe hours: 4013 - Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Eagle Air, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, April 22, 1995, 36 hours before - Departed: AZO, KALAMAZOO, MI - Destination: FRH - Airport: FRH, French Lick Municipal, runway 8, 5,500 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 56; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 150 total, 16 in this make and model, 75 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 320° at 10 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 46 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: HNB, 22 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 19950519014419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950519014419A), May 19, 1995: Cessna 182P, French Lick, IN, Substantial damage. Bounced twice landing. Aborted. Concerned about trees on climbout. Landed beyond runway on rough terrain. (-23) while landing at French Lick airport, French… ## Other investigations on N52830 (2) 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 CHI96LA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA231), Jul 8, 1996: Cessna 182P (N52830), Plainwell, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to attaining the proper touchdown point for landing, and his failure to abort the landing (while there was still sufficient runway remaining). The ditch was a related factor. - [NTSB NYC84LA318](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA318), Sep 20, 1984: Cessna 182P (N52830), West Mifflin, PA, 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. --- 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.