- Date
- August 22, 1992, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Crested Butte, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N735JNCessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920822032669A
- Case key
- 18232
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of the wrong runway for landing, and the use of a flap setting less than a landing flap configuration.
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 made a low pass over the airport and noted the wind sock was 'limp.' He elected to land downhill. Ten degrees flaps were extended. Touchdown was at 60 KIAS and between 750 and 1000 feet beyond the runway threshold. The pilot said the brakes felt normal but began to fade in the rollout. Midway down the runway the pilot selected full flaps and held the nose off, noting there was no increase in braking action. The airplane went off the end of the runway and into a ditch. Post accident examination disclosed a severe overheat condition of the brake pads.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N735JN
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18265462
- Airframe hours
- 1,650
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aspen Flying Club
- Registered owner
- T A M A Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1992 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- GUC · Gunnison, CO
- Destination
- GUC
- Airport
- 3V6 · Crested Butte, runway 11, 4,500 × 40 ft, gravel
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 233 total · 5 in this make and model · 175 as pilot in command · 105 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GUC, 22 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.
Other investigations on N735JN · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.