- Date
- March 17, 1982, 19:00 local (Mar 18, 1982, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Midland, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6449ACessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820318004379A
- Case key
- 71692
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot reported landing on a soft, slick runway at dusk after returning from a parachute jumping mission. The aircraft was landed off of the center of the runway and veered left in soft terrain. The nosewheel sank in mud as the plane crossed a shallow ditch and flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6449A
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33249
- Airframe hours
- 4,801
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Gary M Hurley
- Registered owner
- Fayard Enterprises, Incorporat
- Departed
- Midland, NC
- Destination
- Midland, NC
- Airport
- Metrolina Para-Center, runway 30, 2,000 × 0 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,398 total · 1,320 in this make and model · 1,341 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6449A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.