Cessna 182 N5711B

Summary

On 19 October 1988 at about 23:30 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N5711B was involved in an accident near Pekin, Illinois, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 October 1988 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Pekin, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Pekin (C15)

Coordinates

40.5593, -89.6201

Aircraft

Cessna 182

Registration

N5711B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

CHI89LA019

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 PILOT REPORTED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A 'WHEELS' LANDING IN THE CESSNA 182 (TRICYCLE GEAR), AND MADE A HARD LANDING ON THE TURF RUNWAY. THE PILOT ABORTED THE LANDING, REQUESTED EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AND CIRCLED THE AIRPORT UNTIL THE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT ARRIVED. PASSENGERS WERE BRIEFED ON THE LANDING AND EVACUATION PROCEDURES, AND EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN OF ELECTRICAL AND FUEL SYSTEMS WAS PERFORMED BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD PREVIOUSLY OWNED A CESSNA 180 (COVENTIONAL GEAR), AND HE BELIEVED THAT THERE WAS TRANSFERENCE OF HABITS INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.