Lake Village Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Lake Village, Indiana 46349
Friday, June 12, 1987 14:45 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWICE WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 36 AND NOSED OVER AFTER THE THIRD BOUNCE. PILOT REPORTS BEING HIGH ON FINAL WITH 20 DEGREES FLAPS SO SHE APPLIED FULL FLAPS AND STEEPENED GLIDE ANGLE. SHE ALSO REPORTS A NORTHWEST CROSSWIND AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS, AND THAT THE AIR WAS 'ROUGH FROM THERMALS COMING OFF OF THE TREES, FIELDS AND HIGHWAY SOUTH OF RUNWAY.'

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 6/12/1987
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 1445
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City LAKE VILLAGE
Event State INDIANA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 46349
Event Date Year 1987
Event Date Month 6
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport LAKE VILLAGE
Event Location Nearest Airport ID C98
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 644
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation 0
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 20
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 32
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 310
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 15
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 20
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 739
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Jun 12 1987 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1555
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 33939
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 2:28PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N91927
NTSB Number CHI87LA144
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 182M
Aircraft Series Identifier 182M
Aircraft Serial Number 18259956
Certified Max Gross Weight 2800
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Mar 10 1987 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 139
Airframe Hours 2145
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name ALBERTA GWYNNE BALL
Aircraft Owner Street Address 9932 S. CICERO AVE.
Aircraft Owner City OAK LAWN
Aircraft Owner State IL
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 60453
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code 3HA
Departure City LANSING
Departure State IL
Departure Country
Departure Time 1425
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:30AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 36
Runway Length 2480
Runway Width 150
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --