# NTSB NYC84LA166: Cessna C188, N8113V, Seneca Falls, NY, May 10, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 10, 1984, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Seneca Falls, NY
- Coordinates: 42.910911, -76.79084 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9109&lon=-76.7908&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35552
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA166
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35552/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA166

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with weather, landing - roll
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - brakes(normal) - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO COMPENSATE FOR GUSTY WND COND BY LNDING THE ACFT TAIL HIGH. THE ACFT BEGAN TO WX VANE AND IN AN EFFORT TO CORRECT, THE PLT USED EXCESSIVE RT BRAKE. THE BRAKING ACTION COMBINED WITH THE GUSTY WND EXCEEDED THE ELEVATOR AUTHORITY AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER. ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE WND WAS FROM THE WEST AT 15 KTS GUSTING TO 22 KTS, BUT OCCASIONALLY SWITCHING TO A NORTH TO SOUTH DIRECTION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8113V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8113V-2013-08-21), registration cancelled 2013-08-21, S/N 188-0363, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C188
- Registry model: [Cessna A188](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188) (registry code 2073004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1880363
- Airframe hours: 340
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Lake Country Ag Air, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, April 28, 1984, 0 hours before
- Departed: SAVANNAH, NY
- Destination: SENECA FALLS, NY
- Airport: Seneca Falls, runway 36, 3,200 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, unknown; flight hours: 2,700 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 2,577 as pilot in command, 75 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 15 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility: 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F

## 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 19840510023099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840510023099A), May 10, 1984: Cessna A188, Seneca Falls, NY, Substantial damage. Pilot overcompensated for variable gusty wind after wheel landing. Tail came up and aircraft went over on back.

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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