- Date
- April 6, 1982, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Center, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1105MRyan Navion A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820406008489A
- Case key
- 70171
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Weather condition - windshearFactor
Throttle/power control - attemptedCause
Weather condition - turbulenceFactor
Weather condition - downdraftFactor
Gear collapsed
Terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankmentFactor
Gear collapsed
Analysis
The aircraft landed short of the runway, hit an embankment and collapsed the landing gear. The pilot believes wind shear and turbulence were a factor in the downdraft off the end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1105M
- Reported as
- Ryan Navion A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- NAV-4-1840
- Airframe hours
- 1,373
- Engine
- Continental E-225, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert C. Niklaus
- Registered owner
- Robert C. Niklaus
- Departed
- Center, TX
- Destination
- Center, TX
- Airport
- Navion Airpark, runway 27, 1,500 × 0 ft, dirt
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 6,500 total · 290 in this make and model · 6,100 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 5 knots
- Temperature
- 140 °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.