- Date
- August 22, 1993, 11:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Slattington, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N23PMCessna 182G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930822029999A
- Case key
- 38641
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall and inflight collision with the terrain. A factor was the proper touchdown point was not obtained.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During the landing the airplane touched down short of the approach end of runway 01, and struck the right inboard runway end lights. The pilot then aborted the landing and he initiated a go around. According to the pilot, during the climb the airplane stalled. The airplane struck trees and came to rest inverted.
Factual narrative
On Sunday, August 22, 1993, at about 1115 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 182G, N23PM, piloted by Mr. Erdman Hoffman, collided with the terrain while landing at the Slattington Airport, Slattington, Pennsylvania. The airplane was substantially damaged. The pilot was seriously injured, and the three passengers received minor injures. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan had been filed. The flight was being conducted under 14 CFR 91.
According to the pilot's statement on the NTSB Form 6120.1/2:
...on final...I had a cross wind to the right towards the trees...[I] had full flaps...touched down with stall horn just starting to come on...decided to abort landing as I was unable to...correct for cross wind...increased throttle...raised flaps...hit top of trees with left wing.
FAA Inspector, Robert Shapiro said
...the accident site was midfield up Runway 01 and right of the runway which consisted of trees and a river bank...the aircraft came to rest on a river bank with the nose in the river and the aircraft inverted...the inboard runway end light at the approach end of Runway 01 was struck by the aircraft during the landing prior to the attempted go around...continuity was noted on all control systems...the engine was inspected...no malfunction of the engine was evident...the pilot...was interviewed...and he stated, "I stalled the aircraft"..."I was slow to get the flaps up"..."the engine ran great and...there was no malfunction"...
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23PM
- Reported as
- Cessna 182G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18255292
- Airframe hours
- 2,775
- Engine
- Lycoming O-470-R, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Erdman Hoffman
- Registered owner
- Erdman Hoffman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1992 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- N67 · Blue Bell, PA
- Airport
- 69N · Slatington, runway 1, 1,950 × 30 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
- 70
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 237 total · 219 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.