- Date
- February 11, 1983, 12:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place
- George West, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N737PTCessna R182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830211005979A
- Case key
- 20807
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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.
Analysis
The plt reported that after he touched down on a wet grass runway, he was unable to stop, so he elected to go around. During the go-around, the gear collided with a fence, and subsequently, the acft crashed into trees and a building.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N737PT
- Reported as
- Cessna R182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R182-00869
- Airframe hours
- 856
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael R. Birdwell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 3, 1983
- Departed
- MFE · Mcallen, TX
- Airport
- Havana Materials, runway 35, 1,150 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 540 total · 540 in this make and model · 540 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.