Skip to content

CHI94LA190

1994-06-06 · OMAHA, Nebraska, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport MLE

Current FAA registration · N5380N

Make / Model
CESSNA 182Q
Year of manufacture
1980 · 14 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19800626
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A6D08A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

inadvertant VFR flight into IMC conditions and the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. Factors related to the accident were the ground fog and rough terrain encountered.

Factual narrative

On June 6, 1994, at 0240 central daylight time, a Cessna 182, N5380N, registered to Skyhawk Flying Club, Inc., and flown by a private instrument rated pilot, nosed over during a landing roll at the Millard Airport, Omaha, Nebraska, while on a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions were reported and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was substantially damaged. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The accident portion of the flight originated from Chadron, Nebraska, on June 6, 1994, at 0130 cdt. The pilot stated that just prior to touchdown on runway 12 (3,800' x 75'), the airplane entered an area of low lying fog. He stated he lost forward visibility and attempted to abort the landing but the airplane began to veer to the left side of the runway. The airplane traveled off the runway, contacted rough terrain and nosed over. The pilot stated he listened to the Aviation Weather Observation Service (AWOS) report twice while approaching the airport prior to landing. He reported that both times the report stated conditions were clear below 12,000' with 2 1/2 miles visibility, and a low temperature/dewpoint spread. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN THE AIRPLANE ENTERED AN AREA OF GROUND FOG. A GO AROUND WAS INITIATED THEN ABORTED WHEN THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE TRAVELED OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WHERE IT CONTACTED ROUGH TERRAIN AND NOSED OVER. THE AWOS REPORTED CLEAR BELOW 12,500 FEET WITH 2 1/2 MILES VISIBILITY, AND A LOW TEMPERATURE/DEWPOINT SPREAD JUST PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1994_CHI94LA190.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

Matched on aircraft type or causal vocabulary (imc). All research papers