- Date
- July 14, 1984, 16:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place
- Marshall, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5885BCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840714032469A
- Case key
- 21396
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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.
Analysis
The acft was descended in a long glide from 5000 ft. the engine did not respond to throttle application on final. Pumping the throttle produced brief restarts. The plt landed in a rough field off the arpt. The nose gear separated and the acft nosed over. No mechanical malfunctions were discovered by FAA in a post accident investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5885B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33885
- Airframe hours
- 3,834
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- 1st Airborne Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1983
- Airport
- ASL · Harrison Cty, runway 15, 3,500 × 90 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 550 total · 50 in this make and model · 550 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GGG, 22 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.