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Cessna 182K N2539R

13 July 1997 · Ellington, Connecticut, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 13 July 1997 at about 20:00 local time, a Cessna 182K registered N2539R was involved in an accident near Ellington, Connecticut, United States. One person was 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 20:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Ellington, Connecticut, United States
Nearest airport
Ellington (7B9)
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 182K
Registration
N2539R
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
New Bedford → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
IAD97LA098

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The pilot's misjudgment of speed and distance and his failure to execute a go around.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot said he overflew the airport and checked the windsock. He said the winds were variable so he planned for a landing on runway 19. He pulled the power to idle as he approached the threshold, but the airplane did not settle onto the 1,800 foot long runway. After the airplane touched down, he indicated that the brakes were unable to stop the airplane on the remaining runway, the airplane overran the end of the runway, and nosed over into a ditch. The pilot reported there was no mechanical malfunction with the airplane or engine. The reported winds at the time of the accident were from 280 degrees at 10 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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