- Date
- October 4, 1992, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Clanton, AL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4667KCessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921004041049A
- Case key
- 8688
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions, which resulted in a loss of aircraft control during landing. Factors were the turbulence and gusty wind conditions present at the time of the accident.
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 private pilot was landing at a private airstrip next to a lake. He reported that the surface winds were gusty, with associated turbulence. During the flare, he lost control of the aircraft. After landing, the aircraft nosed over, resulting in structural damage. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions with the aircraft prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4667K
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18263668
- Airframe hours
- 1,700
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sullivan, Archie W.
- Registered owner
- Sullivan, Archie W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 18, 1991 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Jasper, AL
- Airport
- NONE · Ware Island, runway 36, 2,500 × 100 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
- 71
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,100 total · 700 in this make and model · 1,050 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BHM, 39 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.
Other investigations on N4667K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.