- Date
- January 3, 1982, 15:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N71054Cessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820103037989A
- Case key
- 70716
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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.
Undershoot
Altitude - misjudgedCause
Distance - misjudgedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
A witness stated that the pilot had attempted to land on the north-south runway but was unable to stay on the runway. The pilot then attempted to land into the wind on an east-west asphalt taxiway but the aircraft touched down short.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71054
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18259477
- Airframe hours
- 5,565
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John Dean King
- Registered owner
- Intern. Equipment Company
- Departed
- F72 · Laredo, TX
- Destination
- LRD · Fort Worth, TX
- Airport
- Oak Grove
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 500 in this make and model · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 149 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.