Plane Crash List

Cessna 182P N52830

19 May 1995 · French Lick, Indiana, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 19 May 1995 at about 21:35 local time, a Cessna 182P registered N52830 was involved in an accident near French Lick, Indiana, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 21:35
Classification
Accident
Location
French Lick, Indiana, United States
Nearest airport
French Lick Municipal (FRH)
Coordinates
38.5394, -86.6191
Aircraft
Cessna 182P
Registration
N52830
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Kalamazoo → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CHI95LA157

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
4 0 0 0 4

Probable cause

the pilot's not attaining a recovery from a bounced landing. Factors were high obstructions, and the pilot's intentional precautionary landing on rough/uneven and soft terrain.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ON LANDING THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED TWICE AFTER WHICH THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO ABORT THE LANDING. THE PILOT FEARED THAT THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT CLIMB OVER TREES IN THE DEPARTURE PATH OF THE AIRPLANE AND PERFORMED A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF THE RUNWAY ON ROUGH, UNEVEN,AND SOFT TERRAIN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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