Cessna 182Q N95915

Summary

On 8 August 2002 at about 00:45 local time, a Cessna 182Q registered N95915 was involved in an accident near Cincinnati, Ohio, 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.

Date

8 August 2002 at 00:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Cincinnati Muni / Lunken Field (LUK)

Coordinates

39.0997, -84.4194

Aircraft

Cessna 182Q

Registration

N95915

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

London → Cincinnati

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

NYC02LA156

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's misjudgment of distance which resulted in the airplane landing short of the runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he was planning to touch down on the approach end of the runway, in order to make a reverse highspeed turnoff, about 1,000 feet ahead. This would have resulted in a much shorter taxi to his hanger than if he rolled out on the runway and took the next available turnoff. However, the airplane touched down about 25 feet short of the runway. When the nose wheel struck the lip of the runway, it was flattened. The firewall was bucked, and there were wrinkles and popped rivets on the left side of the fuselage. The pilot reported that he was not used to flying the airplane with 3 passengers, and that he, "...misjudged the threshold and hit the end of the pavement."

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.