# NTSB DEN87LA108: Cessna 182C, N9069T, Conde, SD, April 21, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 21, 1987, 10:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place: Conde, SD
- Coordinates: 45.150585, -98.090827 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1506&lon=-98.0908&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 8, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17211
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN87LA108
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17211/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA108

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9069T-2014-11-24), registration cancelled 2014-11-24, S/N 52969, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- Registry model: [Cessna 182C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (registry code 2072708) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 52969
- Airframe hours: 2170
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870421031939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870421031939A), Apr 21, 1987: Cessna 182C, Conde, SD, Substantial damage. The aircraft struck a fence during go around. The pilot was attempting to land downwind on a gravel road.

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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