- Date
- September 1, 1988, 16:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place
- Spicewood, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3163ECessna 182R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880901039469A
- Case key
- 22517
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt said the windsock indicated the wind was from the northeast; however, witnesses said the winds were from the south & the acft landed downwind. The plt said he went around after the 1st apch, & on the next pattern, he made a lowerfinal apch. He said that shortly after crossing the threshold, the acft was slapped forcefully to the gnd, then it lifted off again & he corrected for a strong x-wind from the right. Rprtdly, the airplane went left, then right, & subsequently, the left wing of his acft sheared off the empennage of a Cessna 210 parked near the departure end of the rwy. The nosewheel of the moving acft (N3163E) came off, its nose strut dug in the terrain & the acft nosed over. Witnesses said the acft touched down in what looked to be the last 1000 ft of the rwy. Aprx 24 mi west at austin, TX, the wind was rprtd to be from 080 deg at 11 gusting 16 KTS with towering cumulus clouds moving west.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3163E
- Reported as
- Cessna 182R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18268236
- Airframe hours
- 956
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Chernosky, Marvin E.
- Registered owner
- Chernosky Md, Marvin E
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1988 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- HUB · Houston, TX
- Destination
- 88R
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 88R · Austin Air Park, runway 35, 3,000 × 30 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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,007 total · 934 in this make and model · 814 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 11 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Observed at
- AUS, 24 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.
Other investigations on N3163E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.