# NTSB FTW88DRG12: Cessna 182R, N3163E, Spicewood, TX, September 1, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 1, 1988, 16:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place: Spicewood, TX
- Coordinates: 30.480794, -98.15921 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4808&lon=-98.1592&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 28, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22517
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW88DRG12
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22517/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88DRG12

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - aircraft parked/standing (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3163E-1996-06-27), registration cancelled 1996-06-27, S/N 18268236 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- Registry model: [Cessna 182R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (registry code 2072731) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18268236
- Airframe hours: 956
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880901039469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880901039469A), Sep 1, 1988: Cessna 182R, Spicewood, TX, Destroyed. Unable to stop on the runway after a crosswind landing. Veered off, struck a parked aircraft and overturned.

## Other investigations on N3163E (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA96TA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96TA014), Oct 21, 1995: Cessna 182R (N3163E), Redstone Arsena, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's poor inflight planning decision for not flying the scheduled time and electing to perform 3 additional takeoffs not planned during fuel consumption calculations. Contributing to the…

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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