Cessna R182 N737LE

Summary

On 16 May 1985 at about 22:30 local time, a Cessna R182 registered N737LE was involved in an accident near Monticello, Arkansas, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 May 1985 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Monticello, Arkansas, United States

Nearest airport

Monticello Muni (M76)

Coordinates

33.6210, -91.7897

Aircraft

Cessna R182

Registration

N737LE

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Millington → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC85LA102

1 person had minor injuries.

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

PLT SELECTED GRASSY AREA ON ARPT FOR LANDING. THE GRASSY AREA WAS MORE CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH THE SURFACE WINDS THAN THE AVAILABLE RUNWAYS. THE GRASSY AREA HAS A UTILITY LINE ACROSS THE APCH END AND A DITCH ON THE DEPARTURE END. THE LANDING WAS LONG AND HOT AND THE ACFT BALLOONED DURING TOUCHDOWN. THE PLT SAID HE SELECTED FLAPS DURING THE TOUCHDOWN SEQUENCE AND CONTINUED THE LANDING. THE PLT SAID THE BRAKES WERE NOT EFFECTIVE ON THE ROUGH, GRASSY SURFACE. WHEN THE PLT RECOGNIZED ACFT WOULD NOT STOP ON THE LANDING AREA HE SELECTED MORE FLAPS BUT ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE DITCH. SOMETIME AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE PLT DISCOVERED THAT THE FLAPS HAD NOT EXTENDED DURING THE LANDING ROLL. THE FLAPS WOULD NOT EXTEND WHEN ZERO TO 20' DOWN WAS SELECTED BUT DID WORK AT HIGHER SETTINGS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.