Cessna 182P N20735

Summary

On 19 June 1986 at about 20:15 local time, a Cessna 182P registered N20735 was involved in an accident near Gary, Indiana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 June 1986 at 20:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Gary, Indiana, United States

Nearest airport

Gary Municipal (G44)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 182P

Registration

N20735

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI86LA158

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT. ACCORDING TO HIM, HE CLOSED THE THROTTLE OVER THE THRESHOLD DUE TO EXCESSIVE SPEED AND THE PLANE FLOATED FOR SOME DISTANCE AS HE BROUGHT THE CONTROL COLUMN BACK. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT THEN DROPPED AND THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE STUDENT MADE A GO-AROUND AND SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED SAFETY. HIS INSTRUCTOR, WHO OBSERVED THE ACCIDENT, BELIEVED THAT A THERMAL CAUSED THE PLANE TO FLOAT. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT AFTER TOUCHING DOWN, NOSE WHEEL FIRST, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE, THEN THE STUDENT MADE A GO-AROUND. AFTER THE FLIGHT, AN EXAM REVEALED THE LOWER FIREWALL WAS DAMAGED. THE STUDENT RPRTD THAT THE WIND WAS VARIABLE AT 8 GUSTING 15 KTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.