# NTSB DEN87LA227: Cessna 182Q, N735TJ, Albuquerque, NM, August 25, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 24, 1987, 20:50 local (Aug 25, 1987, 02:50 UTC)
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Coordinates: 35.10918, -106.579818 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1092&lon=-106.5798&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 29, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17302
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN87LA227
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17302/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA227

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence

## Analysis

THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE ACFT TO MAKE THE LANDING DUE TO EXCESSIVE CROSSWIND. THE IP STATED THAT THE APCH SPEED WAS 70 TO 75 KTS. THE ACFT WAS LANDED ON THE FIRST THIRD OF RUNWAY AND BRAKES APPLIED WITH HALF RUNWAY REMAINING. IP REPORTED THAT BRAKE APPLICATION PROVIDED NO BRAKING ACTION. THE BRAKES WERE RE-APPLIED WITH EXCESSIVE PRESSURE WITH NO EFFECT. THE ACFT ROLLED OFF THE END OF RWY 35. POST CRASH EXAM REVEALED NO MECH PROBLEMS. BOTH PLTS STATED THAT THEY LISTENED TO THE AUTOMATED TERMINAL INFORMATION SERVICE (ATIS), CONTACTED ABQ APPROACH CONTROL AND HEARD THE CORONADO UNICOM ADVISORIES, ALL OF WHICH INDICATED THAT THE WINDS WERE 110 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS. THE PLT OF AN ACFT THAT DEPARTED EARLIER FM CORONADO RADIOED THAT THE WINDS WERE FM THE EAST AT 15 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N735TJ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N735TJ-2013-02-21), registration cancelled 2013-02-21, S/N 18265668, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18265668
- Airframe hours: 887
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-U 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: John Wirth
- Registered owner: John C J. Wirth
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 22, 1987, 1 hours before
- Departed: GUP, GALLUP, NM
- Destination: 4AC
- Airport: 4AC, Coronado, runway 35, 4,020 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 1,643 total, 71 in this make and model, 1,520 as pilot in command, 99 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 100° at 14 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,100 ft broken
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ABQ, 9 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870824079529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870824079529A), Aug 24, 1987: Cessna 182Q, Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. Tailwind on landing. Brakes applied to late. Rolled off end of runway. Struck a barbed wire fence. Nosed over.

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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