# Accident 20030131000999A: Cessna 182F, Wildorado, TX, January 31, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2003, 17:15 local time
- Place: Wildorado, TX
- Airport: Moore Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1181° N, 102.1850° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1181&lon=-102.1850&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3535Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3535Y-2005-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182F (registry code 2072714, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030131000999A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 31, 2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 1715 CST CESSNA AIRCRAFT MODEL 182-F, REGISTRATION N3535Y, STRUCK A YOUNG BOVINE WHILE ON LOW APPROACH TO RUNWAY 22 AT MOORE AIRPORT, TEXAS (1TE6, A PRIVATE AIRFIELD). THE AIRCRAFT OWNER, PILOT, AND SOLE OCCUPANT, MR. BILLY BOB MOORE SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES CONSISTING OF LACERATIONS OF HIS FOREHEAD. MR. MOORE WAS TRANSPORTED BY HIS WIFE TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. MR. MOORE STATED THAT HIS VISION WAS IMPAIRED BY THE SETTING SUN AND THAT JUST PRIOR TO LANDING THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY NOSED OVER AND CRASHED INTO THE GROUND. UPON EXITING THE AIRCRAFT MR. MOORE REALIZED HE HAD STRUCK HIS NEIGHBOR'S BOVINE CALF THAT HAD APPARENTLY TRAVERSED THE ELECTRIC FENCE DIVIDING THE TWO PROPERTIES. THE BOVINE SUFFERED TERMINAL INJURIES AND WAS REMOVED FROM THE SCENE PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE FAA INVESTIGATOR. THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE GEAR, FIREWALL, RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND MAIN GEAR ATTACH FITTING AND SURROUNDING STRUCTURES WERE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## 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 FTW03LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA096), Jan 31, 2003: Cessna 182F (N3535Y), Wildorado, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane collided with an animal that wandered onto the runway. A contributing factor was sun glare impairing the pilot's view on final approach.

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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