- Date
- October 29, 1998, 19:20 local (Oct 30, 1998, 01:20 UTC)
- Place
- Weeping Water, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2291GCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1999
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19981029031009A
- Case key
- 45167
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Probable cause
the pilot failed to maintain directional control. A factor was the uneven runway condition.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that he was doing a night landing to a grass airstrip that had two lights at the approach end of runway 17. There were no other lights marking runway 17. The pilot reported that directional control was maintained until the right wheel hit a rut in the runway. He reported the airplane went airborne and veered off the right side of the runway. The airplane went through a harvested bean field and nosed over when the nose gear hit a rut on the crossing runway. The pilot reported there was nothing wrong with the airplane prior to the accident.
Factual narrative
On October 29, 1998, at 1920 central standard time, a Cessna C-182, N2291G, operated by the Lincoln Sport Parachute Club, was substantially damaged when it nosed over during the landing roll. The commercial pilot was not injured. The pilot reported that the airplane veered off the runway after the right wheel of the airplane hit a rut in the grass airstrip. The airplane went through a corner of a bean field, but was brought back onto the crossing runway. The nose gear hit a rut and the airplane nosed over. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight had departed Browns Airport in Weeping Water, Nebraska, on a local flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed.
The pilot reported that he was doing a night landing to a grass airstrip that had two lights at the approach end of runway 17. There were no other lights marking runway 17. The pilot reported that directional control was maintained until the right wheel hit a rut in the runway. He reported the airplane went airborne and veered off the right side of the runway. The airplane went through a harvested bean field and nosed over when the nose gear hit a rut on the crossing runway.
The pilot reported there was nothing wrong with the airplane prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2291G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51591
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lincoln Sport Parachute Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 1, 1998
- Departed
- EPG
- Airport
- EPG · Browns Field, runway 17, 2,200 × 60 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,825 total · 476 in this make and model · 3,880 as pilot in command · 113 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 300° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OMA, 30 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.
Other investigations on N2291G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.