- Date
- June 19, 1986, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Gary, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N20735Cessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860619026869A
- Case key
- 13475
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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 student pilot was on a supervised solo flight. According to him, he closed the throttle over the threshold due to excessive speed and the plane floated for some distance as he brought the control column back. The nose of the aircraft then dropped and the prop struck the runway. The student made a go-around and subsequently landed safety. His instructor, who observed the accident, believed that a thermal caused the plane to float. The instructor stated that after touching down, nose wheel first, the aircraft began to porpoise, then the student made a go-around. After the flight, an exam revealed the lower firewall was damaged. The student rprtd that the wind was variable at 8 gusting 15 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20735
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18261165
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert K. Burford
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1985 · 22 hours before
- Airport
- G44 · Gary Municipal, runway 12, 7,000 × 150 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
- 73
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 264 total · 264 in this make and model · 56 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 8 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.