# NTSB DEN92LA086: Cessna 182Q, N735JN, Crested Butte, CO, August 22, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 22, 1992, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Crested Butte, CO
- Coordinates: 38.870693, -106.980598 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8707&lon=-106.9806&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 26, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 18232
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN92LA086
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/18232/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN92LA086

## 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

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind
  - terrain condition - downhill
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - lowering of flaps - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N735JN), registered now, S/N 18265462 (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: 18265462
- Airframe hours: 1650
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920822032669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920822032669A), Aug 22, 1992: Cessna 182Q, Crested Butte, CO, Substantial damage. Landing downslope and crosswind. Used brakes heavy. Brakes faded. Ran off end. Brakes severely overheated.

## Other investigations on N735JN (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW96LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA061), Dec 1, 1995: Cessna 182Q (N735JN), Eads, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE ENGINE CONNECTING ROD BOLTS AND SEPARATION OF THE CYLINDER FROM THE CRANKCASE. FACTORS WERE THE LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN FOR THE FORCED LANDING, AND REDUCED LIGHT CONDITIONS (DARK…

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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