# NTSB DEN87LA195: Cessna 182L, N3371R, Aberdeen, SD, July 26, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 26, 1987, 13:47 local (18:47 UTC)
- Place: Aberdeen, SD
- Coordinates: 45.460552, -98.480751 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4606&lon=-98.4808&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 8, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17280
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN87LA195
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17280/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA195

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, takeoff - aborted
  - landing gear,tire - failure,total (cause)
  - abort - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - aborted
  - directional control - not possible, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose over, takeoff - roll/run

## Analysis

THE PLT WAS TAKING OFF ON RWY 13 AT ABERDEEN, SD, MUNI ARPT. HE SAID WHEN HE REACHED 55 MPH HE ROTATED THE ACFT AND THE STALL WARNING HORN SOUNDED. HE SAID HE ALLOWED THE NOSEWHEEL TO SETTLE BACK ON THE RWY. THE ACFT THEN VEERED RIGHT AND LEFT, THEN DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY AND OVERTURNED. SHREDDED REMAINS OF THE NOSEWHEEL TIRE WERE FOUND ON THE RWY. IMPRESSIONS WERE FOUND OF THE ASPHALT SURFACE OF THE RWY CONSISTENT WITH TIRE RIM CONTACT. THE ACFT OPERATOR SAID THE NOSEWHEEL WAS INSTALLED ON FEBRUARY 1, 1983, AT A TACHOMETER READING OF 1963:47 HRS, A DIFFERENCE OF 699 HRS. THE CASING WAS IN FAIR CONDITION. ACCORDING TO AN A&P MECHANIC, A PATCH FOUND ON THE INSIDE OF THE CASING WAS A BALANCE. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE BALANCE CAUSED THE TIRE TO FAIL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3371R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3371R-1990-02-13), registration cancelled 1990-02-13, S/N 18258671 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182L
- Registry model: [Cessna 182L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (registry code 2072726) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18258671
- Airframe hours: 2662
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470 R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Eagle Flight Center
- Registered owner: Ralph A Hudson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 18, 1986, 73 hours before
- Destination: MIC, MINNEAPOLIS, MN
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: ABR, Aberdeen Regional, runway 13, 6,904 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 103 total, 12 in this make and model, 64 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 13 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 93 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ABR

## 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 19870726038229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870726038229A), Jul 26, 1987: Cessna 182L, Aberdeen, SD, Destroyed. The aircraft veered off the runway on takeoff. The nose tire burst when the pilot had lowered it back to the runway

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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