# NTSB DEN92FA052: Cessna 182, N5569B, Frederick, CO, May 10, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: May 10, 1992, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Frederick, CO
- Coordinates: 40.100914, -104.939949 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1009&lon=-104.9399&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 30, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 18151
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN92FA052
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/18151/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN92FA052

## Probable cause

THE PILOT AND OPERATOR ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE THE AIRCRAFT OVER MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, takeoff - roll/run
  - aircraft weight and balance - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft weight and balance - exceeded, company/operator management (cause)

## Analysis

DURING TAKEOFF ROLL WHILE HAULING PARACHUTE JUMPERS FROM A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP, THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO BECOME AIRBORNE, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A DITCH. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPRIGHT PARTIALLY EXTENDING ONTO A COUNTRY ROAD WHICH BORDERED THE AIRSTRIP. WEIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS COMPUTED TO BE 250.5 POUNDS OVER MAXIMUM CERTIFIED GROSS WEIGHT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5569B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5569B-2013-04-22), registration cancelled 2013-04-22, S/N 33569, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (registry code 2072702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 33569
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Other work use, Part 91
- Operator: Herson, Edward A. & Carol L.
- Registered owner: Herson, Edward A. & Carol L.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, January 2, 2000
- Departed: FREDERICK, CO
- Airport: Frederick  (Private), runway 17, 4,200 ×  ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 450 total, 18 in this make and model, 280 as pilot in command, 68 in the last 90 days, 26 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 54 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19920510014799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920510014799A), May 10, 1992: Cessna 182, Fredrick, CO, Substantial damage. Aborted takeoff on parachute flight due lack acceleration. Hit fence and ditch off end runway. 250LBS over gross.

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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