Cessna 182RG N756ZQ

Summary

On 9 December 1990 at about 20:15 local time, a Cessna 182RG registered N756ZQ, operated by Bern, James A., was involved in an accident near Lansing, Illinois, United States. 5 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.

Date

9 December 1990 at 20:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Lansing, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Lansing (3HA)

Coordinates

41.5606, -87.5391

Aircraft

Cessna 182RG

Registration

N756ZQ

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Bern, James A.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Rockford → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI91LA044

Nobody was injured.

EXCESSIVE LOWERING OF FLAPS RESULTED IN AIRCRAFT CONTROL NOT BEING MAINTAINED BY THE PILOT..INADEQUATE AIRSPEED RESULTED IN A STALL/MUSH AND SUBSEQUENT COLLISION WITH THE TERRAIN. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: A GUSTY CROSSWIND AND A DELAYED GO-AROUND BY THE PILOT.

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

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WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND, WITH FULL FLAPS, IN A GUSTY CROSSWIND, DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST WHEN THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE NOSE WHEEL, THEN BECAME AIRBORNE. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT, AND A GO-AROUND WAS ATTEMPTED, BUT LACK OF FLYING SPEED RESULTED IN A COLLISION WITH THE TERRAIN. THE FLIGHT OPERATIONS HANDBOOK RECOMMENDS MINIMUM FLAPS DURING CROSS-WIND LANDINGS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.