# NTSB GAA15CA095: Cessna 182Q, N759EB, Honesdale, PA, May 25, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: May 25, 2015, 12:35 local (16:35 UTC)
- Place: Honesdale, PA
- Coordinates: 41.515556, -75.251663 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5156&lon=-75.2517&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 27, 2015
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Parties: FAA Allentown FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 91256
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA15CA095
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/91256/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=91256
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA095

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to land with sufficient runway remaining to safely stop the airplane.

## Findings

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

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182Q, 34 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: surface speed/braking](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182Q, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045/cases.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 238 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045/cases.md)
- [Aircraft capability: landing distance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061030): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Capability exceeded (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182Q, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061030/cases.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 68 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061030/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182Q, 13 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 182Q, 17 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 182Q, 28 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Cessna 182Q, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that the airplane touched down on the first third of the runway, the brakes were applied, but the airplane failed to slow sufficiently. He said the airplane departed the end of the runway, went down an embankment, and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing and the empennage. An eyewitness to the landing reported that the pilot landed down wind and about three quarters of the way down the runway. The pilot reported no pre-impact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.

## Factual narrative

The pilot reported that the airplane touched down on the first third of the runway, the brakes were applied, but the airplane failed to slow sufficiently. He said the airplane departed the end of the runway, went down an embankment, and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing and the empennage. An eyewitness to the landing reported that the pilot landed down wind and about three quarters of the way down the runway. The pilot reported no pre-impact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N759EB](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N759EB-2018-03-28), registration cancelled 2018-03-28, S/N 18265925, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q (Q)
- 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: 18265925
- Year built: 1977
- Airframe hours: 3647
- Engines: Continental O-470U 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Aeromaven Llp
- Registered owner: Aeromaven Llp
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 16, 2015, 8 hours before
- Departed: XLL, ALLENTOWN, PA
- Destination: N30, Honesdale, PA
- Airport: N30, Cherry Ridge, runway 36, 2,986 × 50 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Auto-pilot

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 2,012 total, 2,012 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days, 2.5 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 11 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.25 inHg
- Observed at: KMPO, 23 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 20150525019139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150525019139A), May 25, 2015: Cessna 182Q, Honesdale, PA, Substantial damage. Pilot landed long on runway 36. He was unable to stop the aircraft by the end of the runway. The aircraft went off the runway down an embankment and nosed over…

## Docket (6 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 7, 2015, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=91256. 9.1 MB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 2.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40428867&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF
- Record of Conversation (Pilot) (item 2, .PDF, 67 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40428868&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation%20(Pilot)-Master.PDF
- Record of Conversation (Witness) (item 3, .PDF, 63 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40428869&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation%20(Witness)-Master.PDF
- Record of Conversation (Witness) (item 4, .PDF, 64 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40428870&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation%20(Witness)-Master.PDF
- Photo 1 – View of right wing (photo courtesy of the FAA) (item 5, .PDF, 3.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40428871&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%20%E2%80%93%20View%20of%20right%20wing%20(photo%20courtesy%20of%20the%20FAA)-Master.PDF
- Photo 2 – View of empennage (photo courtesy of the FAA) (item 6, .PDF, 3.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40428872&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%202%20%E2%80%93%20View%20of%20empennage%20(photo%20courtesy%20of%20the%20FAA)-Master.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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