# NTSB FTW88LA137: Cessna 182D, N9087X, Gilmer, TX, June 13, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 13, 1988, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place: Gilmer, TX
- Coordinates: 32.729469, -94.940383 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7295&lon=-94.9404&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22664
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW88LA137
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22664/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88LA137

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT SAID HE MADE TWO APPROACHES TO RUNWAY 17 AND TWO GO-AROUNDS. HE SAID THE WIND THEN CHANGED DIRECTION AND HE SET-UP FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 35. HE SAID HE SHOULD HAVE GONE AROUND FOR THE THIRD TIME BUT INSTEAD HE LANDED LONG, WENT THROUGH A FENCE AND STOPPED 500 FEET PAST THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9087X](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9087X), registered now, S/N 18253487, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D
- Registry model: [Cessna 182D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182d) (registry code 2072710) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18253487
- Airframe hours: 1990
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Gray, Alan D.
- Registered owner: Gray, Alan D.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 21XS, BIG SPRINGS, TX
- Destination: 4F4
- Airport: 4F4, Gilmer Upshur County, runway 35, 3,300 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 106 total, 43 in this make and model, 59 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 6,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 84 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 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 19880613027809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880613027809A), Jun 13, 1988: Cessna 182D, Gilmer, TX, Substantial damage. On third try, landed long downwind and ran off end of runway. Struck a fence 500 feet from runway.

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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