# NTSB DEN83LA063: Cessna 182, N1277S, Salida, CO, February 15, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 15, 1983, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Salida, CO
- Location: 38.5301° N, 105.9984° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salida, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5301&lon=-105.9984&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16040
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN83LA063
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16040/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA063

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1277S-2010-04-07), registration cancelled 2010-04-07, S/N 18264845, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18264845
- Airframe hours: 1340
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830215004119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830215004119A), Feb 15, 1983: Cessna 182P, Salida, CO, Substantial damage. Student pilot practicing crosswind landings lost control causing aircraft to porpoise and crash.

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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