- Date
- June 8, 1988, 12:40 local (17:40 UTC)
- Place
- Angola, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3153RCessna 182L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880608019209A
- Case key
- 22648
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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 pilot stated the airplane was on the takeoff roll when the seat slid to the rear. He was unable to control the airplane and it ran off the side of the runway and struck a fence. The seat track holes were worn enough that the locking pins would not stay in them. The last inspection was 40 flying hours prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3153R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18258553
- Airframe hours
- 3,265
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lawson G. Cox
- Registered owner
- Cox, Lawson G.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 4, 1987 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- BTR · Baton Rouge, LA
- Airport
- NONE · Penit. Airstrip, runway 13, 4,000 × 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
- 66
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,260 total · 3,260 in this make and model · 3,200 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 235° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.