- Date
- May 29, 1982, 21:00 local (May 30, 1982, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tracy, MN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9767HCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820529020019A
- Case key
- 72853
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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 pilot reported that during a normal landing, the left main gear axle failed and he was unable to control the aircraft. The aircraft went off the runway and the nose gear collapsed when it encountered soft mud.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9767H
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18268008
- Airframe hours
- 245
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James R. Oestreich
- Registered owner
- James R. Oestreich
- Departed
- Y68 · Tracy, MN
- Destination
- Y68 · Tracy, MN
- Airport
- Y68 · Tracy Municipal, runway 11, 3,100 × 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 189 total · 49 in this make and model · 132 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 360° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 163 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.