- Date
- May 3, 1983, 20:30 local (May 4, 1983, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Gaylord, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5222RCessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830503017249A
- Case key
- 12158
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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
Brakes(normal) - improper use ofCause
Nose over
Analysis
The acft nosed over immediately upon landing on a turf rwy. An inspection of the rwy revealed two skid marks in the turf about 75 ft long and 900 ft from the approach end of rwy 36.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5222R
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503021
- Airframe hours
- 519
- Engine
- Continental IO-520D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Athel E. Williams
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 5, 1982
- Airport
- GLR · Gaylord, runway 36, 3,600 × 235 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,560 total · 502 in this make and model · 1,413 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 34 °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.