- Date
- April 23, 1983, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Van Horn, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5990JCessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830423016169A
- Case key
- 20879
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with a ravine after leaving the rwy during a crosswind landing. The student pilot was on a cross country and was making and enroute landing. Upon arrival at the 2700 rt private gravel strip the pilot elected to land on rwy 06. He said he ws aware of a crosswind but felt it w as not too bad or that it warranted a return to midland without landing. After touchdown a gust of wind swerved the acft into a small ravine. The collision sheared the nose gear and damaged other parts of the acft. The pilot repored the wind from the east at 25 KTS gusting to 30 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5990J
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18263602
- Airframe hours
- 923
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Herb L. Pearce
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · October 8, 1982 · 138 hours before
- Departed
- MAF · Midland, TX
- Airport
- runway 6, 2,700 × ft, gravel
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 60 total · 60 in this make and model · 24 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 25 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.