Cessna182

At about 17:15, CST, a Cessna 182Q crashed into a mountain about 4 miles east of Piedmont while in cruise flight. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed, but no flight plan was filed. The pilot and front seat passenger were killed and the rear seat passenger was seriously injured. The flight originated from Cape Girardeau, Mo., about 2 hours 45 minutes before the accident. The survivor, who walked from the crash site the next morning, said the pilot was having to slowly descend to maintain visual contact with the ground, the sun was setting, and they simply flew into the mountain….

At 11:15 CST, a Cessna 182F crashed on initial climb during a glider tow operation, killing the pilot. The glider pilot and passenger reported no injuries. The glider pilot and passenger reported that the tow rope had been released when the tow plane began experiencing engine trouble. Investigators drained 30 oz. of water from the airplane wreckage, including 4.5 oz. from the carburetor bowl….

About 12:33 EST, a Cessna 182P crashed into Lake Marion, killing the pilot. The pilot had been en route from Hilton Head, S.C. to Charleston, W.Va., but had not filed a flight plan. Witnesses said it was foggy and they could hear but not see the airplane and believed it was circling around the lake very low. One witness who was fishing in the area said the airplanes engine was screaming and then became quiet. A short time later he was moving his boat to a different fishing spot when he ran across debris floating in the lake and saw the tail of the airplane protruding out of the water….

At 1346 eastern time, a Cessna 182H ran off the departure end of runway 32 at Country Club Airport in Burnsville. The pilot and two passengers were not injured and one passenger received minor injuries. Witnesses said the pilot had attempted two approaches to land before the accident landing, finally touching down on the third try approximately 1000 feet from the departure end of the 2,875-foot runway. The airplane rolled off the departure end of the runway and down an embankment, and onto a dirt road….

At about 2045 eastern time, a Cessna 182Q was damaged while landing at Cincinnati Municipal Airport /Lunken Field. The pilot and three passengers were not injured. The tower controller asked the pilot to perform a short approach when the airplane was on downwind. The pilot said he was not accustomed to flying the airplane with a load of 3 passengers and fuel. The airplane touched down about 25 feet short of the runway, and then struck the elevated runway lip. The pilot said he was attempting to land close to the approach end of the runway to shorten the taxi to his hangar….

At 22:40 CDT, a Cessna 182G crashed near Blanco during dark night instrument conditions. The non-instrument rated pilot was killed. The flight that originated from Coleman, Texas, at approximately 21:30. The pilot had finished working at Coleman around 21:00 and was planning to fly to San Antonio that night. Witnesses saw the airplane circling at low altitude, remaining clear of the clouds….

About 21:40 EDT, a Cessna 182 was substantially damaged when it overran the runway on a downwind landing at the New London Airport. Neither occupant was injured. The airplane touched down on the 3,164-foot runway 34 at 60-65 mph with 30 degrees of flaps. The airplane bounced once, began to float, and touched down again with about 240 feet of runway remaining. The pilot braked heavily, but the airplane ran off the end of the runway and came to rest inverted on the side of a road. A nearby airport reported winds of 190 degrees at 10 knots….

At 08:15 MST, a Cessna 182Q crashed short of the runway at a private airstrip near St. David. The pilot and passenger suffered minor injuries. The pilot said he carried an extra 5 knots during final because of gusty winds. When he flared to land, the aircraft experienced a greater than normal sink rate. He tried to arrest the sink with pitch and power, but the aircraft touched down short of the runway, which sits 3 feet higher than the land surrounding it. When the aircraft touched down the nose gear struck that rise and was torn off. The aircraft flipped inverted….

At 00:40 CDT, the pilot of a Cessna 182J was killed during an aborted landing attempt into Satanta Municipal Airport. The pilot was instrument rated and IMC prevailed, but the pilot had canceled his IFR flight plan prior to approach into the airport, which is not served by an instrument approach. The pilot crashed into a silo….

At 11:03 PDT, a Cessna 182A crashed during initial climb out of Paso Robles Municipal Airport, killing the pilot and two skydivers. Two other skydivers were seriously injured in the crash, one of whom died two days later. Winds were reported from 290 degrees at 11 knots and other aircraft were using either runway 31 or 01, but the accident airplane departed from midfield on runway 19, with 3,200 feet remaining. Some witnesses said the departure appeared normal; others said it was extremely steep. The airplane struck the ground 1,200 feet from the departure end of the runway….