# NTSB DEN99LA017: Cessna 182A, N6352B, Bedford, WY, November 1, 1998

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 31, 1998, 17:00 local (Nov 1, 1998, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Bedford, WY
- Coordinates: 42.899215, -110.930099 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8992&lon=-110.9301&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 19, 1999
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 45197
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN99LA017
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/45197/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA017

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to identify a soft area on his newly constructed airstrip, which subsequently caused his airplane to nose over.

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - not identified, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - soft (cause)

## Analysis

The pilot was moving his airplane from a friend's private airstrip to his own recently constructed airstrip.  The pilot said he inspected the runway shortly before the accident and determined the ground was 'good enough to land on.'  A full flap (40 degrees) landing was made.  The airplane rolled onto a soft area, slowed rapidly, and nosed over.

## Factual narrative

On October 31, 1998, approximately 1700 mountain standard time, a Cessna 182A, N6352B, was substantially damaged when it nosed over during landing near Bedford, Wyoming.  The airline transport rated pilot, the sole occupant aboard, was not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed for the personal flight being conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91.  The flight originated at 1655 from another private airstrip near Bedford, Wyoming.

According to the pilot's accident report, he was moving his airplane from a friend's private airstrip to his own recently constructed airstrip.  The pilot said he inspected the runway shortly before the accident and determined the ground was "good enough to land on."  A full flap (40 degrees) landing was made.  The pilot said the airplane rolled onto a soft area, slowed rapidly, and nosed over.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6352B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6352B-2000-11-28), registration cancelled 2000-11-28, S/N 34252 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182A
- Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34252
- Airframe hours: 3507
- Engines: Continental O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: D And M Ventures Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 7, 1997, 22 hours before
- Departed: NONE, WY
- Destination: NONE, BEFORD, WY
- Airport: NONE, runway 32, 2,000 × 40 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 15,343 total, 286 in this make and model, 13,274 as pilot in command, 192 in the last 90 days, 63 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 43 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19981031034819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981031034819A), Oct 31, 1998: Cessna 182A, Bedford, WY, Substantial damage. -23 As pilot touched down on his private strip, the main wheels rolled on the sod for several hundred feet. When the nose wheel touched it burried in soft sod,…

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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