# Incident 20020118001899I: Cessna 182P, Quemado, NM, January 18, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2002, 16:00 local time
- Place: Quemado, NM
- Airport: Quemado Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3403° N, 108.5145° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at QUEMADO (NM80), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3403&lon=-108.5145&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5843J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5843J-2005-01-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 449 total, 273 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020118001899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 01/18/02, APPROXIMATELY 1600 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA MODEL 182P, N5843J, OWNED AND OPERATED BY MR. ALBERT LEROY BEHR, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN IT NOSED OVER AFTER STRIKING VEHICLE TIRE RUTS WHILE LANDING AT A PRIVATE RANCH STRIP (0E6) NEAR QUEMADO, NM. NEITHER THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND, WHO HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH AN AIRPLANE, SINGLE ENGINE, LAND RATING, NOR HIS PASSENGER WERE INJURED IN THE INCIDENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT, WHICH WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LA VERNE, CA (POC) AND HAD STOPPED AT PAYSON, AZ (PAN) FOR FUEL PRIOR TO ARRIVING AT QUEMADO. MR. BEHR STATED THIS WAS HIS FIRST "DIRT STRIP" LANDING. HE HAD CALLED THE OWNER OF THE AIRSTRIP TO CONFIRM THE AIRSTRIP WAS DRY AND SUITABLE FOR USE. INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THE AIRSTRIP HAD BEEN WET, FOLLOWING A SNOW ACCUMULATION SEVERAL DAYS PREVIOUSLY, BUT HAD DRIED. HOWEVER, WHILE THE SURFACE OF THE STRIP WAS SOFT, SEVERAL VEHICLES HAD DRIVEN ACROSS THE STRIP CAUSING RUTS IN THE SURFACE. THESE RUTS HAD SUBSEQUENTLY DRIED AND FROZEN IN THE RUNWAY SU                       RFACE. WHEN MR. BEHR WAS ON LANDING ROLLOUT, HIS NOSE WHEEL IMPACTED ONE OF THESE RUTS, CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO FAIL AND THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER. MR. BEHR HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THIS OFFICE ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS SINCE HIS RETURN TO CALIFORNIA TO DISCUSS THE INCIDENT.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HE CHECKED THE WEATHER WITH FAA/FSS AND HIS COMPUTER SOFTWARE ON THE DAYS PREVIOUS TO, AS WELL AS, THE DAY OF FLIGHT.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N5843J (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19791118044479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791118044479I), Nov 18, 1979: Cessna 182P (N5843J), Sacramento, CA, Minor damage. While taxiing to ramp, aircraft hit taxiway light.

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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