# NTSB FTW84LA062: Cessna R182, N6245S, Houston, TX, November 15, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 15, 1983, 13:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place: Houston, TX
- Coordinates: 29.720764, -95.41999 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7208&lon=-95.4200&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21211
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA062
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21211/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA062

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)
- Nose down, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT NOSED DOWN DURING A CROSSWIND LANDING. THE RWY IS 100/280 DEGREES AND THE WIND WAS 360 DEGREES AT 19 KTS. SHORTLY AFTER THE LANDING TOUCHDOWN THE ACFT NOSE GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6245S](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6245S), registered now, S/N R18201653, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- Registry model: [Cessna R182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (registry code 2072734) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R18201653
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Warren Lee Frieberg
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: AXH, Aredla

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 19 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: HOU, 10 nm away

## 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 19831115074809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831115074809A), Nov 15, 1983: Cessna R182, Houston, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot made hard landing causing nose gear to come off aircraft.

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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