# NTSB FTW83LA353: Cessna 182Q, N735AC, Three Rivers, TX, July 30, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 30, 1983, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Three Rivers, TX
- Coordinates: 28.459465, -98.169662 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4595&lon=-98.1697&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 20992
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA353
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/20992/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA353

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - failure,total (cause)
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - previous damage (cause)
- Nose down, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT NOSED DOWN DURING LANDING AFTER THE NOSE GEAR FAILED. THE ACFT HAD LANDED EARLIER THAT DAY WITH A FLAT NOSE WHEEL TIRE. THE PLT FIXED THE FLAT AND THOUGHT THE ACFT WAS ALL RIGHT BUT LATER IN FLT HE THOUGHT THE NOSEWHEEL WAS COCKED SIDEWAYS BECAUSE THE ACFT WAS UNSTABLE TO FLY. AN A&P MECHANIC ALSO THOUGHT THE GEAR MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY THEPREVIOUS LANDING. NO METALLURGICAL EXAMINATION WAS CONDUCTED ON THE FAILED FORK OF THE LANDING GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N735AC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N735AC), registered now, S/N 18265262, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18265262
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-U 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Turbo Equipment Company
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: Private, runway 33, 2,400 × 50 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 115 total, 109 in this make and model, 72 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 30° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 75 °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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830730036719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830730036719A), Jul 30, 1983: Cessna 182Q, Three Rivers, TX, Substantial damage. Nose wheel yoke sheared during landing causing substantial damage.

## Other investigations on N735AC (1)

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.

- [NTSB DEN05LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05LA112), Jul 17, 2005: Cessna 182Q (N735AC), Grand Junction, CO, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during aborted landing and failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall. A contributing factor was the encounter with wind…

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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