- Date
- October 22, 1998, 17:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Pound, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N759CTCessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1999
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19981022039289A
- Case key
- 45139
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Probable cause
the pilot misjudged the proper touchdown point and subsequently landed short of the runway. Factors associated with the accident were the haze, sunglare, the lack of visual perception, and the uphill terrain on which the airplane touched down.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported he experienced poor visibility while on final approach due to haze and the sunglare. The airplane touched down on an incline, five feet prior to the approach end of the sod airstrip. The nose gear collapsed which resulted in firewall damage.
Factual narrative
On October 22, 1998, at 1740 central daylight time, a Cessna 182Q, N759CT, operated by a private pilot collided with the terrain while landing at Tachick Field, Pound, Wisconsin. The pilot reported the airplane touched down 5 feet short of the 2,000 foot long grass airstrip. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions on an IFR flight plan. The flight originated at St. Paul, Minnesota, at 1610 cdt.
The pilot reported visibility was very poor due to the haze and the fact that he was landing into the sun. He continued to report, "The poor visibility resulted in touching down about 5 ft short of the runway threshold, where there is an incline up to the runway level." Firewall damage occurred as a result of the nose gear collapsing when the airplane touched down.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N759CT
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18265893
- Airframe hours
- 3,147
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Henry N. Tachick
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 17, 1998 · 85 hours before
- Departed
- STP · St. Paul, MN
- Destination
- WS29
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- WS29 · Tachick Field, runway 28, 2,000 × 100 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,281 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 90 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.