- Date
- May 4, 2013, 08:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place
- Arcadia, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2143RCessna 182G
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing area overshoot
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 2013
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20130504005799A
- Case key
- 86835
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper decision to continue a high approach with a tailwind, rather than perform a go-around, which resulted in an overrun on a wet, down-sloping, grassy runway.
Findings · 6
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he was attempting to land on a 2,800-foot-long turf runway. He planned on landing to the north due to obstacles along the southerly direction of landing. The pilot added that he approached with about a 5-knot tailwind but the wind was not a factor. He further stated that on final approach, the airplane was a little high. During the flare, the airplane floated longer than the pilot expected. At that time, he did not want to perform a go-around due to power lines at the departure end of the runway. The airplane subsequently touched down about halfway down the runway, and the pilot thought that he had adequate distance to stop; however, the grass was wet and the runway had a downslope. The airplane traveled off the end of the runway, and the pilot veered left in an attempt to avoid power line poles, but the right wing struck a pole, sustaining substantial damage. The pilot stated that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions with the airplane. He added that he would have performed a go-around if he knew the grass was wet and the runway had a downslope.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that he was attempting to land on a 2,800-foot long turf runway. He planned a landing to the north due to obstacles along a southerly direction of landing. The pilot added that he approached with an approximate 5-knot tailwind and the wind was not a factor. He further stated that on final approach, the airplane was a little high. During the flare, the airplane floated longer than the pilot expected. At that time, he did not want to perform a go-around due to power lines at the departure end of the runway. The airplane subsequently touched down about halfway down the runway and the pilot thought that he had adequate distance to stop; however, the grass was wet and down-sloping. The airplane traveled off the end of the runway and the pilot veered left in an attempt to avoid power line poles, but the right wing struck a pole and the airplane came to rest upright. The pilot further stated that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions with the airplane and he would have performed a go-around sooner, if he knew the grass was wet and down-sloping. Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed substantial damage to the right wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2143R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18255343
- Airframe hours
- 1,899
- Engine
- Cont Motor O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Earl Martin
- Registered owner
- Earl Martin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 16, 2012 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- 0G7 · Seneca Falls, NY
- Destination
- NONE · Arcadia, NY
- Airport
- NONE · Private Strip, runway 01, 2,800 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 34
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Last flight review
- August 2, 2012
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 128 total · 15 in this make and model · 127 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.28 inHg
- Observed at
- ROC, 20 nm away
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 23, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 795 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.