# Accident 19810130032599A: Cessna 182Q, Abingdon, VA, January 30, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 1981, 07:55 local time
- Place: Abingdon, VA
- Airport: Virginia Highland
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: WPKA
- Location: 36.7067° N, 81.9716° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Abingdon, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7067&lon=-81.9716&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4798N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,750 total, 500 in this make and model, 260 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810130032599A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LANDED CROSS DOWNWIND ON SNOW COVERED RUNWAY. SNOW PACKED IN WHEEL PANT LOCKING WHEEL. RAN OFF RUNWAY, NOSED OVER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL81FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA042), Jan 30, 1981: Cessna 182Q (N4798N), Abbingdon, VA, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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