- Date
- April 15, 1991, 16:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Jackson, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4359RCessna TR182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910415013029A
- Case key
- 15044
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Probable cause
Failure to the pilot to assure gear extension. Factors related to the accident were the electrical failure due to a seized alternator and diverted attention by the pilot.
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 said that he was given a green light for landing from the control tower due to electrical failure during the landing, the main gear collapsed. Post accident investigation revealed the alternator to be inoperative due to a frozen pulley/shaft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4359R
- Reported as
- Cessna TR182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R182--593
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-L3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sky View Flyers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- PTK · Pontiac, MI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- JXN · Jackson, runway 24, 5,344 × 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
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,474 total · 112 in this make and model · 2,291 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 18 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- JXN, 1 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.