- Date
- May 8, 1982, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Ottawa, IL
- Injuries
- 2 minor; on the ground: 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8454SCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820508014579A
- Case key
- 72122
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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 aircraft collided with a truck off the approach end of the runway during a low, no flap approach. According to the pilot a caution sign for vehicles using the road had been removed by vandals and he did not see the truck because of his low approach. The pilot lost control after the collision and the aircraft impacted the ground sliding 60 feet before coming to rest 40 feet short of the approach end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8454S
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18256554
- Airframe hours
- 1,457
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald K. Murdock
- Registered owner
- F & W Flying Inc.
- Departed
- C13 · Ottawa, IL
- Destination
- C13 · Ottawa, IL
- Airport
- C13 · Ottawa, runway 23, 3,000 × 50 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 5,485 total · 150 in this make and model · 5,360 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 162 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 35 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 N8454S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.