NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI92LA251
Registry · N1368S
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 182P
Year of manufacture
1976 · 16 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19760721
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A094FC
Registrant of record
N1368S LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Probable cause & findings
THE PILOT SELECTED THE WRONG RUNWAY FOR LANDING.
Factual narrative
PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 32 AT HIS DESTINATION AIRPORT. WINDS WERE FROM THE SOUTH AT 14 GUSTING TO 19, AND FAVORED THE USE OF RUNWAY 19. PILOT OBSERVED ANOTHER AIRPLANE DISCONTINUE AN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 32, BUT HE ELECTED TO CONTINUE. JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN, A GUST BLEW THE AIRPLANE TO THE RIGHT. IT LANDED ON THE NOSE GEAR WHICH COLLAPSED. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT, AND NOSED OVER. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1992_CHI92LA251.txt.
Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb.
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