# NTSB MKC83LA105: Cessna 182Q, N4801N, Springfield, MO, May 8, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 8, 1983, 18:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place: Springfield, MO
- Location: 37.2227° N, 93.2483° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DOWNTOWN (3DW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2227&lon=-93.2483&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33408
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83LA105
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33408/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA105

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, approach - vfr pattern - downwind
  - flight control,flap - inoperative (contributing factor)
  - electrical system,electric switch - failure,total (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - inadequate (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - intentional, pilot in command (cause)
  - lowering of flaps - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WENT OFF THE RUNWAY, COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR AND NOSED OVER DURING LANDING. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND THE FLAPS AND TRIED TO LAND ON A 3800 FOOT RUNWAY. THERE WAS A 7003 FOOT RUNWAY 8 NM WEST OF THE LANDING SITE. THE PILOT ALSO HAD A TAILWIND OF 11 KTS DURING LANDING. HE HAD MADE ONE APPROACH AND PERFORMED A GO-AROUND. ON THE 2ND APPROACH HEWAS UNABLE TO EXTEND THE FLAPS SO HE AGAIN WENT AROUND. HE LANDED ON THE 3RD ATTEMPT BUT WAS TOO FAST AND RAN OFF THE RUNWAY INTO HIGH GRASS TO SLOW THE ACFT. THE ACFT WENT INTO A SOFT PLOWED FIELD, BROKE THE NOSE GEAR AND NOSED OVER. A MICRO-LIMIT-SWITCH HAD MALFUNCTIONED TO PREVENT THE FLAPS FROM OPERATING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4801N](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4801N), registered now, S/N 18267378, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- 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: 182-67378
- Airframe hours: 1060
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470U 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: 58 Hotel, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 1, 1983, 24 hours before
- Departed: IM09, GREENFIELD, MO
- Destination: 3DW, SPRINGFIELD, MO
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: 3DW, Downtown, runway 28, 3,800 × 35 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 176 total, 24 in this make and model, 106 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SGF, 5 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 19830508018999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830508018999A), May 8, 1983: Cessna 182Q, Springfield, MO, Substantial damage. Flaps inoperative and landing downwind. Turned off runway into grass to slow down. Entered soft ground,nosed over.

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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