# NTSB NYC87LA148: Cessna 182, N6298A, Honeoye Falls, NY, May 16, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 16, 1987, 09:09 local (13:09 UTC)
- Place: Honeoye Falls, NY
- Coordinates: 42.749519, -77.489013 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7495&lon=-77.4890&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30648
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87LA148
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30648/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA148

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - high obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - go-around - not performed
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS LANDED ON A 1695 FT TURF RUNWAY WITH DEW COVERED GRASS THAT WAS APRX 3 INCHES TALL. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE PLT APPLIED BRAKES, BUT THE ACFT SKIDDED ABOUT 1000 FT, WENT OFF THE DEP END OF THE RWY & COLLIDED WITH A TRAILER. THE TRAILER WAS MOVED ABOUT 15 FT BY IMPACT. APRX 11 MI NNW AT ROCHESTER, THE 0854 WIND WAS FROM 190 DEG AT 7 KTS. THE ARPT/FACILITY DIRECTORY NOTED 'RWY 01: TREES.'

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6298A](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6298A), registered now, S/N 33098, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (registry code 2072702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 33098
- Airframe hours: 2628
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Sullivan Pilots Club,Inc.
- Registered owner: Sullivan Pilots Club
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 9, 1987
- Departed: MSV, MONTICELLO, NY
- Airport: D70, Honeoye Falls, runway 1, 1,695 × 90 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 636 total, 581 in this make and model, 581 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ROC, 11 nm away

## 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 19870516013599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870516013599A), May 16, 1987: Cessna 182, Honeoye, NY, Substantial damage. Landed long on a short wet grass runway. Unable to stop. Ran off end of runway striking a log and a travel trailer.

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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