- Date
- March 13, 1982, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sebring, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2039XCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820313003729A
- Case key
- 72588
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Weather condition - high windFactor
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Judgment - poorCause
Directional control - not possibleFactor
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
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Analysis
During landing, the pilot lost directional control and the plane ran off the side of the runway and overturned. He reported that the winds were from 270 degrees at 25 gusting 40 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2039X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18256139
- Airframe hours
- 1,664
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dick Tomasso
- Registered owner
- Dick Tomasso
- Departed
- Dunkirk, NY
- Destination
- Sebring, OH
- Airport
- 3G6 · Tri City, runway 17, 2,900 × 100 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,035 total · 8 in this make and model · 943 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 25 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 126 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 3G6
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.