# NTSB NYC85LA195: Cessna 182C, N8951T, West Lebanon, ME, July 27, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 27, 1985, 10:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place: West Lebanon, ME
- Location: 43.3823° N, 70.9506° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Lebanon, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3823&lon=-70.9506&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35932
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC85LA195
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35932/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA195

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, approach - vfr pattern - downwind
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Overrun, landing - roll
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT NOSED OVER AFTER OVERRUNNING THE AIRSTRIP FOLLOWING A LOSS OF PWR. THE PLT REPORTED THE ENG BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND THE APPLICATION OF CARB HEAT DID NOT INCREASE THE PWR. DURING THE LANDING APCH THE ENG BEGAN RUNNIN ROUGHER AND ABOUT 1/2 OF THE NORMAL PWR COULD BE PRODUCED. FULL PWR WAS GAINED ON THE DOWNWIND LEG OF THE PATTERN AND THE PLT ELECTED TO GO-AROUND AS THE ACFT ALT WAS TOO HIGH FOR A LANDING. WHEEN APPROACHING THE TURN TO BASE LEG, A TOTAL LOSS OF PWR WAS EXPERIENCED. THE ACFT WAS LANDED MID-FLD ON THE DIRT AIRSTRIP. UNABLE TO STOP, THE ACFT TRAVELED OFF THE END  OF THE STRIP WHERE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8951T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 52851
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Other work use, Part 91
- Registered owner: George Ireland
- Airport: East Lebanon, runway 34, 2,000 ×  ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 514 total, 116 in this make and model, 474 as pilot in command, 116 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PWM

## 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 19850727034509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850727034509A), Jul 27, 1985: Cessna 182C, Lebanon, ME, Substantial damage. During descent after dropping chutists, engine ran rough intermittently and quit. Overshot runway on forced landing

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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