- Date
- February 15, 1983, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Salida, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1277SCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830215004119A
- Case key
- 16040
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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 acft collapsed the nose gear and damaged the propeller during a landing. The pilot was practicing cross-wind landings when the acft started to porpoise. The nose gear and the propeller struck the rwy several time before the acft was stopped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1277S
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18264845
- Airframe hours
- 1,340
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Jerry Moore
- Registered owner
- Mary Frances Gerstberger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 24, 1982 · 60 hours before
- Airport
- 042 · Alexander, runway 24, 6,065 × 60 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 65 total · 65 in this make and model · 26 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 12 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.