- Date
- July 27, 1983, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3518UCessna 182F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830727036549A
- Case key
- 20997
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with an unoccupied pickup truck during the landing roll. The truck was parked off the left side of therwy. The acft had started drifting right during the landing flare. As the acft touched down the student was correcting back to the left resulted in the acft rolling off the left side of the rwy into a parked pickup. The acft left wing struck the pickups left door and the acft spun about 180 degrees coming to rest on a heading of about 280 degrees. The student had about 5 hours of flying time as PIC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3518U
- Reported as
- Cessna 182F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18254918
- Airframe hours
- 2,600
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Strand Systems Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 17, 1983
- Departed
- T86 · Houston, TX
- Airport
- T86 · Lakeside, runway 15, 4,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 54 total · 54 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3518U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.