Pvt Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Lansing, Iowa 52151
Monday, March 29, 2010 17:00 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The pilot landed long on his private farm airstrip. He intentionally ground-looped the airplane in order to avoid trees at the end of the airstrip. The airplane nosed over during the ground loop, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage, wings, and firewall.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The pilot's failure to attain a proper touchdown point, resulting in an overrun and intentional ground loop.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 3/29/2010
Event Day of the Week Monday
Time of Event 1700
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City Lansing
Event State IOWA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 52151
Event Date Year 2010
Event Date Month 3
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 432503N
Event Location Longitude 0911858W
Event Location Airport PVT
Event Location Nearest Airport ID PVT
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 0
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID --
Elevation of weather observation facility --
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) --
Time Zone of the weather observation --
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 13
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 300
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 6
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.05
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 3
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 26844
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information --
Date of most recent change to record Apr 22 2010 1:18PM
User who most recently changed record dinc
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N3503H
NTSB Number CEN10CA177
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
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 182T
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 18281006
Certified Max Gross Weight 3100
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
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 Jan 18 2010 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 4
Airframe Hours 606.5
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name RANSOM WOODBURY TRUSTEE
Aircraft Owner Street Address --
Aircraft Owner City LANSING
Aircraft Owner State IA
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 52151-7666
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name RANSOM WOODBURY TRUSTEE
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address --
Operator City LANSING
Operator State IA
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 52151-7666
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
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 No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code IOW
Departure City Iowa City
Departure State IA
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1600
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code PVT
Destination City Lansing
Destination State IA
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight --
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Apr 13 2010 5:42PM
User who most recently changed record sulp
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location 22
Runway Length 1100
Runway Width 70
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --