Cessna 182P N21544

Summary

On 8 October 2008 at about 23:30 local time, a Cessna 182P registered N21544, operated by Brent Kitchen, was involved in an accident near Mount Vernon, Missouri, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

8 October 2008 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Mount Vernon, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Private Airstrip Mt Vernon (NA)

Coordinates

37.1436, -93.8514

Aircraft

Cessna 182P

Registration

N21544

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Brent Kitchen

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mount Vernon → Mount Vernon

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN09CA004

Nobody was injured.

The pilot failed to maintain a proper landing aim point. Contributing to the accident were the setting sun and the uneven terrain approaching the runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot was landing on runway 27 at a private grass airstrip. The sun was setting approximately 10 degrees left of the runway alignment. The pilot landed short of the runway and the airplane struck terrain approximately 12 inches below the runway surface. The landing gear collapsed and the airplane skidded to a stop on the runway. After the pilot egressed the airplane it caught fire and was destroyed. The pilot was not injured.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.