# NTSB FTW82DA036: Cessna 182, N71054, Fort Worth, TX, January 3, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: January 3, 1982, 15:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Coordinates: 32.639118, -97.339782 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6391&lon=-97.3398&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report January 3, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70716
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA036
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70716/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA036

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - vfr pattern - final approach

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18259477
- Airframe hours: 5565
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 61; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820103037989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820103037989A), Jan 3, 1982: Cessna 182M, Ft Worth, TX, Substantial damage. Unable to stay over runway on crosswind landing. Tried to land on a taxiway into the wind. Landed short.

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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