- Date
- March 17, 1983, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Carson City, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N52447Cessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830317055539A
- Case key
- 12111
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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 plt reported that he had called the owner of the private airstrip, 3 days before the accident. At that time, the rwy was reported as 'firm & in good condition.' On the day of the accident, the plt flew over the arpt & visually checked it. It appeared fine to him. However, during a landing, the nose gear reportedly sunk into soft terrain after aprx 100 ft of the landing roll & the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52447
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 451794
- Airframe hours
- 1,700
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Marshall R. Carroll
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 3, 1982
- Departed
- Hastings, MI
- Airport
- 47G · Mayes Airport, runway 9, 2,450 × 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 138 total · 138 in this make and model · 111 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °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.