- Date
- May 14, 1982, 20:30 local (May 15, 1982, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Summersville, WV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3440FCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820514023049A
- Case key
- 72755
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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
According to the pilot, he made his landing approach high and hot. He touched down long and was unable to stop on the remaining runway. While applying brakes, the aircraft veered off the side of the runway. Subsequently, the nose and right main gear failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3440F
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18257440
- Airframe hours
- 2,507
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James M. Gould
- Registered owner
- Mountainer Pilots Club
- Departed
- AKR · Akron, OH
- Destination
- AVP · Scranton, PA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 107 · Summersville, runway 22, 3,000 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 139 total · 17 in this make and model · 77 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 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.