- Date
- July 6, 1982, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Statesboro, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3530QCessna A188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820706026029A
- Case key
- 72720
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he landed the aircraft on the numbers but was close to the left side of the runway. He delayed applying right rudder and the aircraft ground looped. The right landing gear collapsed and the right wing was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3530Q
- Reported as
- Cessna A188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188-0480
- Airframe hours
- 1,208
- Engine
- Continental IO-520D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard L. Hilde
- Registered owner
- Richard L. Hilde
- Departed
- Sylvania, GA
- Destination
- Statesboro, GA
- Airport
- TBR · Statesboro Municipal, runway 13, 5,000 × 75 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,271 total · 1,700 in this make and model · 2,260 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 172 °F
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 N3530Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.