# NTSB NYC05CA102: Cessna R182, N736TG, Hancock, NY, June 19, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 19, 2005, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Hancock, NY
- Coordinates: 42.049999, -75.301109
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0500&lon=-75.3011&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report September 13, 2005
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 61755
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC05CA102
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61755/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA102

## Probable cause

The pilot's misjudgment of speed/distance which resulted in a runway overrun.  A factor was the wet turf runway.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing
  - distance/speed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

The pilot selected full flaps for a landing on a 1,910-foot-long, 70-foot-wide, wet turf runway.   The airplane landed long, and the pilot applied the brakes.  The braking action was poor due to wet grass, and the pilot retracted the flaps in an effort to improve braking.  However, the airplane traveled off the end of the runway, down an incline, and came to rest inverted.

## Factual narrative

On June 19, 2005, about 0930 eastern daylight time, a Cessna R182, N736TG, was substantially damaged while landing at White Birch Field (4N8), Hancock, New York.  The certificated private pilot and passenger sustained minor injuries.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that departed Sullivan County International Airport (MSV), Monticello, New York.  No flight plan was filed for the personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.

The pilot reported that he selected full flaps for a landing on runway 17; a 1,910-foot-long, 70-foot-wide, wet turf runway.   The airplane landed long, and the pilot applied the brakes.  The braking action was poor due to wet grass, and the pilot retracted the flaps in an effort to improve braking.  However, the airplane traveled off the end of the runway, down an incline, and came to rest inverted.

The reported wind at an airport approximately 33 miles northwest of the accident site, at 0953, was from 070 degrees at 6 knots.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N736TG](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N736TG), registered now, S/N R18200768 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna R182
- Registry model: [Cessna R182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (registry code 2072734) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R18200768
- Engines: Lycoming O540 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Fredric R. Verona
- Registered owner: Verona Oil Co. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: MSV, Monticello, NY
- Destination: 4N8, Hancock, NY
- Airport: 4N8, White Birch Field, runway 17, 1,910 × 70 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 72; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3; flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,900 ft overcast
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.22 inHg
- Observed at: BGM

## 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 20050619011489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050619011489A), Jun 19, 2005: Cessna R182, Hancock, NY, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was attempting to make a full flap/full stop landing on runway 17. The pilot landed too long and due to the fact the grass was wet he was unable to…

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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