- Date
- April 26, 1987, 19:30 local (Apr 27, 1987, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Midland, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N34SCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870426038719A
- Case key
- 22354
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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.
Nose gear collapsed
Touch-and-go - attemptedFactor
Landing gear,nose gear assembly - failure,totalCause
Landing gear,nose gear assembly - undeterminedCause
Nose over
Analysis
During a touch and go landing on a sod strip the nose gear collapsed. The strut assembly part number 0594300-5 failed for an undetermined reason and the aircraft nosed over to the inverted position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34S
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33327
- Airframe hours
- 4,981
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James F. Fowler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 10, 1986 · 108 hours before
- Airport
- Eagles Nest, runway 15, 2,550 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,058 total · 2,030 in this make and model · 2,964 as pilot in command · 62 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.