- Date
- July 16, 1983, 11:18 local (15:18 UTC)
- Place
- Orange City, VA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5262NCessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830716032969A
- Case key
- 6128
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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.
Overrun
Proper touchdown point - misjudgedCause
Proper touchdown point - exceededCause
Airspeed - excessiveFactor
Altitude - misjudgedFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
The pilot reported that winds were crossing the runway at about 15 knots during the approach. The acft touched down long and he was unable to stop the acft before running off the end of the runway. The acft collided with a tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5262N
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18267611
- Airframe hours
- 423
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas J. Morgan
- Registered owner
- March Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 16, 1983 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- Culpepper, VA
- Airport
- W19 · Orange County, runway 25, 2,300 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 275 total · 15 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.