- Date
- July 3, 1985, 21:15 local (Jul 4, 1985, 02:15 UTC)
- Place
- Tulia, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N71846Cessna 182M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850703035449A
- Case key
- 21811
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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 student plt, with 2 hrs total night experience, flared high on final and stalled the acft, which subsequently landed hard on the nose gear, during a night practice flt. The plt stated that the red instrument lights would not work when he turned them on. Instead he used the white dome light, which created a glare in the cockpit affecting his depth perception. The plt failed to turn the instrument light rheostat FAR enough for adequate illumination. The instrument lights operated normally when they were checked after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71846
- Reported as
- Cessna 182M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18259776
- Airframe hours
- 1,360
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul A. Caraway
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 24, 1984
- Airport
- Q06 · Swisher County, runway 18, 4,900 × 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 29 total · 29 in this make and model · 9 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- 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.