- Date
- April 20, 1983, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Searcy, AR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N52883Cessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830420018639A
- Case key
- 20897
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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.
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Gear collapsed
Analysis
The plt reported that during a landing, the acft touched down hard. On touchdown, the right main gear failed & the acft veered off the rwy. After departing the rwy, the nose gear collapsed. Also, the fire wall was damaged during the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52883
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18262924
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- J.S. Mcconnaughay
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Griffithville, AR
- Airport
- Searcy Muni, runway 19, 4,200 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.