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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 182A · Sunnyside, WA · July 30, 1987

Date: July 30, 1987 · 20:20 local
Place: Sunnyside, WA
Airport: Sunnyside Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N6133B
NTSB investigation: NTSBSEA87LA153
Reported as: Cessna 182A
Reported engine: Continental O470L
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 192 total82 in this make and model29 in the last 90 days

N6133BRegistration cancelled Oct 29, 2014 · Cessna 182AS/N 34133 · Built 1957 Airframe modelCessna 182A Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Hard landing. Nose gear collapsed. Veered off runway into a ditch. Nosed over inverted. Sun in pilots eyes.

As the FAA filed it

HARD LANDING. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO A DITCH. NOSED OVER INVERTED. SUN IN PILOTS EYES.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB SEA87LA153Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSunnyside, WAThe plt rprtd that when he was lndg on rwy 25, the sun was just above the horizon & shining directly down the rwy. He said he misjudged the distance to the ground & lndd hard on the nose gear. Subsequently, the nose gear collapsed, the acft veered off the…Jul 31, 1987 · Substantial damage