# NTSB GAA16CA063: Cessna 182D, N8983X, Hamlet, NE, November 24, 2015 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: November 24, 2015, 17:15 local (23:15 UTC) - Place: Hamlet, NE - Coordinates: 40.381389, -101.210281 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3814&lon=-101.2103&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 March 14, 2016 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents - Parties: FAA Lincoln FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 92374 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA16CA063 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92374/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=92374 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA063 ## Probable cause The student pilot's incorrect brake application which resulted in a runway excursion and a nose over. ## 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 · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182D, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072710), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Aircraft capability: braking capability](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061050): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182D, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061050/cases.md?model=2072710), [All aircraft, 57 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061050/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 182D, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072710), [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 182D, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072710), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Cessna 182D, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2072710), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis The solo student pilot reported that during touchdown, near the approach end of the runway, the airplane bounced and floated. When the airplane came back down onto the airstrip, the pilot said he applied the brakes and the airplane pulled hard to the right. The airplane departed the airstrip to the right, crossed a ditch, the nose wheel separated, and the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, the right wing lift strut, and the empennage. The student pilot reported there were no pre-impact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation. ## Factual narrative The solo student pilot reported that during touchdown, near the approach end of the runway, the airplane bounced and floated. When the airplane came back down onto the airstrip, the pilot said he applied the brakes and the airplane pulled hard to the right. The airplane departed the airstrip to the right, crossed a ditch, the nose wheel separated, and the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, the right wing lift strut, and the empennage. The student pilot reported there were no pre-impact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N8983X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8983X-2016-07-18), registration cancelled 2016-07-18, S/N 18253383, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D (D) - 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: 18253383 - Year built: 1961 - Airframe hours: 3817.9 - Engines: Continental O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Jeffrey L. Steinke - Registered owner: Jeffrey L. Steinke - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, September 1, 2015 - Departed: IML, IMPERIAL, NE - Destination: None, Hamlet, NE - Airport: None, Private Airstrip, runway 31, 1,400 × 70 ft, grass/turf - Equipment: Handheld GPS, Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 51; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review October 14, 2015; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 35 total, 30 in this make and model, 15 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 140° at 8 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 37 °F, dew point 27 °F - Altimeter: 29.78 inHg - Observed at: KIML, 20 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 20151124021579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151124021579A), Nov 24, 2015: Cessna 182D, Hamlet, NE, Substantial damage. On November 24, 2015, a Cessna 182D, s/n 18253383, N8983X, piloted by ^Mr. Jeffrey lynn steinke^, student pilot certificate number ^GX-1536817^, departed the… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 7, 2016, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=92374. 3.1 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 2.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40437281&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF - Accident Photos (Courtesy of FAA) (item 2, .PDF, 2 photos, 555 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40437282&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Accident%20Photos%20(Courtesy%20of%20FAA)-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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