- Date
- February 18, 1991, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Brunswick, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N759VBCessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910218002579A
- Case key
- 8376
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Probable cause
A hidden hole in the runway surface, which was contacted by the nose wheel during the landing roll.
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 was preparing to land at her privately owned sod strip. She reported gusting surface winds on final and wind shear. Shortly after touchdown, the nose wheel broke off, then the airplane nosed over. An inspection of the runway revealed a deep, hidden hole under the track of the nose wheel. The pilot reported that the hole appeared to be a collapsed ant hill.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N759VB
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18266284
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- O'Connor, Katherine J.
- Registered owner
- O'Connor, Katherine J.
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- SSI · St Simons Isl, GA
- Airport
- NONE · None, runway 9, 1,800 × 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BQK, 7 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.