# Accident 20170122002859A: Cessna 182A, Sebring, OH, January 22, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 2017, 15:25 local time
- Place: Sebring, OH
- Airport: Sebring
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9061° N, 81.0000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9061&lon=-81.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3828D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3828D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 1,360 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA133) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170122002859A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT TRI-CITY AIRPORT(3G6). AS HE APPROACHED THE RUNWAY HE LANDED ON THE GRASS ABOUT 4-6 FEET FROM THE PAVEMENT. THE PAVEMENT IS ELEVATED APPROXIMATE 6 INCHES HIGHER THAN THE GRASS. HIS NOSE WHEEL STRUCK THE EDGE OF THE PAVEMENT AND BROKE OFF. THE PILOT SAID HE HAD APPLIED POWER AND WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, HE TOOK FLIGHT AGAIN AND EXECUTED A GO-AROUND. A WITNESS RADIOED HIM AND INFORMED HIM OF HIS NOSE WHEEL THAT WAS MISSING. HE CIRCLED THE AIRPORT AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON THE GRASS NEXT TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND WHEN THE FRONT LANDING WHEEL STRUT MADE CONTACT WITH THE GRASS, IT DUG INTO THE GROUND, WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP 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 GAA17CA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA133), Jan 22, 2017: Cessna 182 (N3828D), Sebring, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain the proper glidepath during landing, which resulted in the airplane landing short of the runway, the nose landing gear separating, and the airplane nosing over during…

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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