- Date
- December 22, 1982, 15:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Lander, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N756CKCessna TR182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821222064999A
- Case key
- 71357
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 aircraft nose wheel collapsed during landing. The plane then turned left went off the runway and collided with a snowbank. An examination of the aircraft revealed no evidence of a mechanical malfunction or failure of the nose gear prior to touchdown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N756CK
- Reported as
- Cessna TR182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R182-01038
- Airframe hours
- 10
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Darrell R. Coulter
- Registered owner
- Darrell R. Coulter
- Departed
- C · Rock Springs, WY
- Destination
- C · Lander, WY
- Airport
- LND · Hunt, runway 3, 5,100 × 75 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
- 1,160 total · 900 in this make and model · 1,160 as pilot in command · 61 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Temperature
- 108 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.