- Date
- September 2, 1989, 13:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Philip, SD
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2685GCessna 182B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890902033379A
- Case key
- 17774
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power for an undetermined reason. Factors related to the accident were: the power line & pole.
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.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he was landing on runway 30 (4000 x 75T rwy) with a strong left crosswind. He said that as he was landing, the aircraft encountered a sudden gust & he decided to go around. He initiated a go-around, but the engine lost power. During the subsequent forced landing, the aircraft hit a power line and pole, then crashed. The airport operator reported the wind was from the south at about 30 KTS. During a weather observation at 1245 MDT, the wind was from 160 deg at 18 gusting 25 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2685G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51985
- Airframe hours
- 4,172
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Crummitt, Michael D., Sr.
- Registered owner
- Crummitt, Michael D
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 3, 1989 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- CPR · Casper, WY
- Destination
- NONE · Murdo, SD
- Airport
- PHP · Philip, runway 30, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 743 total · 627 in this make and model · 690 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 29 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 18 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PHP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.