DEN87LA108

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 182C · Conde, SD · April 21, 1987

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
April 21, 1987, 10:20 local (15:20 UTC)
Place
Conde, SD
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N9069TCessna 182C
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed · report November 8, 1988
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19870421031939A
Case key
17211

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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.

Loss of control - on ground/waterLanding - flare/touchdown
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - improperPilot in commandCause
Directional control - not maintainedPilot in commandCause
In flight collision with objectGo-around (vfr)
Object - fenceFactor
Go-around - attemptedPilot in commandCause

Analysis

The private plt was making a landing to a gravel road during a business flt. This same road landing area had been used frequently. The winds were estimated by the plt as 030 degrees at 17 knots, gusting to 24 knots. The approach and landing was to the west on the east-west road. The quartering tail wind pushed the acft to the left after touchdown. The plt added full pwr and attempted a go-around. The left main gear engaged the top wire of a fence and the acft crash into an adjacent field.

Aircraft

Registration
N9069T
Reported as
Cessna 182C
Category
Airplane
Serial number
52969
Airframe hours
2,170
Engine
Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Business · Part 91
Registered owner
Jerome H. Hunter
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
Annual · September 1, 1986
Departed
FSD · Sioux Falls, SD

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
47
Certificate
Private
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land
Medical
Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Seat
Left
Flight hours
155 total · 28 in this make and model · 28 in the last 90 days

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
30° at 17 knots, gusting 24
Lowest ceiling
None

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.