# NTSB DEN06CA021: Cessna 182E, N123F, Lansing, KS, December 4, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: December 4, 2005, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Lansing, KS
- Coordinates: 39.227222, -94.95111
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2272&lon=-94.9511&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Emergency descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/600) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 3 minor
- Status: Completed, report March 28, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 62915
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN06CA021
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62915/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06CA021

## Probable cause

the pilot's inability to maintain aircraft control during the forced landing which resulted in a collision with terrain.  A contributing factor was the pilot becoming ill during cruise flight.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, descent - emergency
  - precautionary landing - initiated, pilot in command
  - physical impairment, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aircraft control - not possible, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, emergency landing
  - terrain condition - none suitable (cause)
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment

## Analysis

While in cruise flight, the pilot became ill and decided he could not safely continue to fly the airplane to the destination airport.  The pilot then initiated a forced landing to a field a few miles from the airport.  During the forced landing, the airplane impacted a rising embankment and came to rest upright in the field.  Examination of the airplane by the inspector revealed the nose gear was separated and the firewall was buckled.

## Factual narrative

On December 4, 2005, at 1500 central standard time, a Cessna 182E single-engine airplane, N123F, was substantially damaged during a forced landing after the pilot in command became ill during cruise flight near Lansing, Kansas.  The private pilot and two passengers sustained minor injuries.  The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a flight plan was not filed for the Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.  The local flight departed Highcrest Air Park (SN83), Lansing, Kansas, at an unknown time.

According to a Federal Aviation Administration inspector who responded to the accident site, the pilot became ill while in cruise flight and decided he could not safely continue to fly the airplane to SN83.  The pilot then initiated a forced landing to a field a few miles from SN83.  During the forced landing, the airplane impacted a rising embankment and came to rest upright in the field.  Examination of the airplane by the inspector revealed the nose gear was separated and the firewall was buckled.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N123F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N123F-2018-08-24), registration cancelled 2018-08-24, S/N 18253842, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182E
- Registry model: [Cessna 182E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182e) (registry code 2072712) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18253842
- Engines: Continental O-470 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Terry J. Cox
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: SN83, Lansing, KS

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 66; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 560 total, 80 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 20051204028909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051204028909A), Dec 4, 2005: Cessna 182E, Leavenworth, KS, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot and two passengers were on a pleasure flight when pilot became ill and disoriented. Pilot elected to attempt an off-airport landing in a 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.

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