# NTSB NYC97LA141: Cessna 182, N8568T, Springfield, KY, July 10, 1997 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: July 9, 1997, 21:16 local (Jul 10, 1997, 01:16 UTC) - Place: Springfield, KY - Coordinates: 37.6804, -85.219963 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6804&lon=-85.2200&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 26, 1998 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 39399 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC97LA141 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39399/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97LA141 ## Probable cause the pilot's misjudgment of distance and speed, and his delay in aborting the landing. Factors relating to the accident were: the pilot's failure to attain a proper touchdown point for landing, and proximity of the fence to the runway. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - In flight collision with object, landing - aborted - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (contributing factor) - distance/speed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause) - aborted landing - delayed, pilot in command (cause) - object - fence (contributing factor) ## Analysis The pilot departed from a local airport for a 15 minute flight to a sod strip on his farm. After touchdown, the pilot decided he was traveling 'too fast' to complete a safe landing and applied power to clear a fence. The airplane struck the fence, and separated the nose wheel after landing in a field beyond the departure end of the strip. The airplane then nosed over and came to rest inverted. ## Factual narrative On July 9, 1997, at 2116 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 182, N8568T, was substantially damaged when it collided with a fence and terrain during an aborted landing at a private strip in Springfield, Kentucky. The certificated private pilot and passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight that originated at the Lebanon-Springfield Airport (6I2), Springfield, Kentucky, at 2100. No flight plan had been filed for the flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. In a written statement, the pilot said that he was attempting to land in a field on his farm. He stated that upon touchdown he decided he was traveling "too fast" to complete a safe landing and applied power to clear a fence in the flight path. The pilot stated the airplane "clipped" the fence and landed in a tobacco patch. The pilot further stated, "The nose wheel broke off when it went across the rows of tobacco. [The] plane slid 100 feet on its nose , then it went over on its back." In the Recommendation section of the NTSB Form 6120.1/2 (How Could This Accident have Been Prevented), the pilot responded: "I had a bad approach, I should have made a go around." In a written statement, a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aviation Safety Inspector (Airworthiness) described the field as a 1,500 foot grass strip and that the pilot reported landing there "...many times in the past." He stated that the pilot's Medical certificate expired June 30, 1997. The Inspector further stated: "...[the pilot] had about 238 total hours of flying time accumulated since 1983. He did not fly for about 10 years from 1984 to 1995 and took 6 instructional rides in the Cessna 182 with an instructor before flying solo in 1995. He took his bi-annual competency check on 9/29/95 and was due again in September 1997." The pilot reported there were no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N8568T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8568T-2013-08-21), registration cancelled 2013-08-21, S/N 52468, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 182 - Registry model: [Cessna 182C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (registry code 2072708) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 52468 - Airframe hours: 3805 - Engines: Continental O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: David M. Reynolds - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, July 20, 1996, 24 hours before - Departed: 6I2, KY - Destination: NONE - Airport: NONE, Smith Farm, runway 24, 1,500 × 75 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 51; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left; flight hours: 236 total, 148 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 0° at 4 knots - Visibility: 7 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 63 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: FTK, 32 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 19970709017419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970709017419A), Jul 9, 1997: Cessna 182C, Springfield, KY, Substantial damage. Attempting land on his farm. Came in too fast. Applied power clear fence clipped it landed field. Nosed over. (-23) airman david m. reynolds, certificate… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.