# NTSB ERA23LA304: Cessna 182, N7ET, Stow, MA, July 23, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: July 23, 2023, 13:05 local (17:05 UTC)
- Place: Stow, MA
- Coordinates: 42.460385, -71.518012 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4604&lon=-71.5180&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 3 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192681
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA23LA304
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/192681/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=192681
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA304

## Probable cause

The pilot’s delayed decision to abort the landing, which resulted in a collision with trees.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Action: delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182J, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md?model=2072722), [All aircraft, 894 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182J, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=2072722), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that the airplane approached fast and bounced twice on the 3,110-ft-long runway. After the second bounce, he attempted to abort the landing, but trees at the end of the runway were already too close to clear. He turned right to avoid the trees, but then turned left to avoid a house, and collided with the trees. The airplane was substantially damaged during the accident and all three occupants of the airplane were seriously injured. Postaccident examination of the wreckage by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector did not reveal evidence of any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation, nor did the pilot report any.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7ET](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7ET-2025-12-21), registration cancelled 2025-12-21, S/N 18256796, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182 (J)
- Registry model: [Cessna 182J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182j) (registry code 2072722) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18256796
- Year built: 1965
- Airframe hours: 1555
- Engines: Continental O-470 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 14, 2023, 30 hours before
- Departed: LKP, Lake Placid, NY
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: 6B6, Minute Man Air Field, runway 21, 3,110 × 48 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction display, ADS-B

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; injuries: serious; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review May 19, 2023; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 326 total, 35 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days, 31 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 29.93 inHg
- Observed at: BED, 10 nm away
- METAR: KBED 231651Z 10SM CLR 26/14 A2993

## 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 20230723013949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230723013949A), Jul 23, 2023: Cessna 182J, Stow, MA, Destroyed. The pilot of the Cessna 182J attempted to land at Minute Man airfield (6B6), Stow ma. And bounced two or three times before aborting the landing and attempting…

## Docket (5 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 8, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=192681. 2.1 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 12 pages, 1.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16002270&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Excerpts from POH (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 11 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16004235&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pages%20from%20Cessna-182-J_POH-Rel.pdf
- Memoranda for the record (item 3, PDF, 2 pages, 187 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16010510&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MFRs-Rel.pdf
- Weather report (item 4, PDF, 1 page, 425 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16002164&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Metars-Rel.pdf
- Photo array (item 5, PDF, 3 pages, 2 photos, 495 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16002671&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-Rel.pdf

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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