# NTSB NYC82DA038: Cessna 182B, N2281G, Pepperell, MA, March 13, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 13, 1982, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Pepperell, MA
- Location: 42.6748° N, 71.5922° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pepperell, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6748&lon=-71.5922&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 13, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72196
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82DA038
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72196/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA038

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WHEN THE PILOT ARRIVED AT HIS DESTINATION, HE LANDED ON AN ICY RUNWAY. NEAR THE END OF HIS LANDING ROLL, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A RUT AND VEERED INTO A SNOWBANK BESIDE THE RUNWAY. THE WIND WAS LIGHT AND VARIABLE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2281G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2281G), registered now, S/N 51581, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Registry model: [Cessna 182B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (registry code 2072706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 51581
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Benjaman Kendig
- Registered owner: Benjaman Kendig
- Departed: NASHUA, NH
- Destination: WESTERLY, RI
- Airport: Pepperell, runway 6, 2,700 × 0 ft

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 208 total, 17 in this make and model, 168 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 82 °F

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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