- Date
- July 11, 1985, 13:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Block Island, RI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N71359Cessna 182M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850711076689A
- Case key
- 35903
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Analysis
The plt was checked out in the C-182 on July 9, 1985 and had flown this acft for 1 hr in the previous year. During a normal power off landing with ten degrees of flaps extended, the plt added power and noticed no change in performance. The acft touched down and bounced. The plt added full power for a go-around and the acft settled back onto the rwy aprx 2000 ft from the beginning of the rwy. The acft rolled about 300 ft and went off the rwy into the brush. The plt stated that there is a drop and a road at the end of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71359
- Reported as
- Cessna 182M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18259593
- Airframe hours
- 1,193
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mid County Fliers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ISP · Islip, NY
- Airport
- BID · Block Island, runway 28, 2,500 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,100 total · 1,700 in this make and model · 1,650 as pilot in command · 201 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 9 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N71359 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.