Cessna 182 N2508Q

Summary

On 30 September 2016 at about 23:50 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N2508Q, operated by Culp Farms Inc, was involved in an accident near Rensselaer, Indiana, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

30 September 2016 at 23:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Rensselaer, Indiana, United States

Nearest airport

Culp Farms Airport (4IN8)

Coordinates

40.9372, -87.1825

Aircraft

Cessna 182

Registration

N2508Q

Category

Airplane

Year built

1966

Engines

1

Operator

Culp Farms Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Rensselaer → Rensselaer

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN16CA390

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot's improper touchdown point during landing, which resulted in the left wing's subsequent impact with a cornfield.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private rated pilot conducted a local pleasure flight and returned to a private grass airfield.  He reported that he had poles located at the end of the runway, to help establish the runways' s center line and that there was a field of standing corn on the left side of the runway.  He added that during the landing he was slightly left of the runway centerline and should have executed a go-around. The airplane's left wingtip impacted the corn and the airplane continued left into the corn, nosed over, and came to rest inverted.  Examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the fuselage and wings.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.