- Date
- July 8, 1996, 10:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place
- Plainwell, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N52830Cessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 23, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960708016209A
- Case key
- 10302
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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.
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 airplane overran the end of the runway and impacted a ditch. The pilot stated that he was high on final, and the touchdown was further down the runway than he had planned. He thought he would be able to stop the airplane on the runway, but when he realized, that was not possible, he was too far down the runway to abort the landing.
Factual narrative
On July 8, 1996, at 1050 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 182P, N52830, registered to Eagle Air, Inc., of Kalamazoo, Michigan, sustained substantial damage during an overrun landing. The airplane was landing on runway 27 (2650' x 50' dry asphalt), near Plainwell, Michigan, where it ran off the end and into a ditch. The private pilot reported minor 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 1040.
The pilot stated he was high on final and reduced the power and lowered the nose, but the airspeed increased. He said his landing point was further down the runway than he had planned, but he thought he could stop the airplane on the runway remaining. He said that when he realized that he could not get the airplane stopped before overrunning the end, it was too late to abort the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52830
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18262880
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Eagle Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- AZO · Kalamazoo, MI
- Destination
- 61D
- Airport
- 61D · Plainwell Municipal, runway 27, 2,650 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 175 total · 17 in this make and model · 78 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N52830 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.