- Date
- July 17, 1982, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Taplin, WV
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9245XCessna 182E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820717032369A
- Case key
- 72792
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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 stated that the sod runway had just been mowed. During the takeoff roll, the left wheel pant became filled with cut grass and locked the wheel. Subsequently, the aircraft veered to the left. The pilot reported that the left wing contacted low trees at the edge of the runway which caused the plane to turn further left. The nosewheel then dropped into a rut/stream and the plane tipped over onto the right wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9245X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18253645
- Airframe hours
- 3,439
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William L. Barre
- Registered owner
- William L. Barre
- Departed
- 194 · Taplin, WV
- Destination
- 194 · Taplin, WV
- Airport
- 194 · Mcdonald Field, runway 13, 3,500 × 150 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 600 total · 416 in this make and model · 600 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 194 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.