19811130076839A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna R182 · Tucumcari, NM · November 30, 1981

Date
November 30, 1981 · 05:00 local
Place
Tucumcari, NM
Airport
Tucumcari
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3186C
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW82FQA10
Reported as
Cessna R182
Reported engine
Lycoming O540*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
979 total6 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot mistakenly tried to take off on wrong runway. Aircraft crashed off end of departure runway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MISTAKENLY TRIED TO TAKE OFF ON WRONG RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT CRASHED OFF END OF DEPARTURE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.