# NTSB DEN83LA037: Cessna TR182, N756CK, Lander, WY, December 22, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 22, 1982, 15:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place: Lander, WY
- Coordinates: 42.830722, -108.720016 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8307&lon=-108.7200&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 22, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71357
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN83LA037
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71357/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA037

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N756CK), registered now, S/N R18201038, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Registry model: [Cessna TR182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (registry code 2072735) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R182-01038
- Airframe hours: 10
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821222064999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821222064999A), Dec 22, 1982: Cessna TR182, Lander, WY, Substantial damage. Landed nose wheel first, airplane bounced. Came back down with nose gear collapsed. No mechanical problems found.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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