- Date
- February 22, 1989, 17:18 local (23:18 UTC)
- Place
- Brownsville, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3826DCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890222002379A
- Case key
- 22837
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to compensate for the existing wind conditions and maintain proper alignment with the runway. The wind conditions and the sunglare are considered to be contributing factors to the accident.
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 private pilot was on an approach to land to the west at a private airstrip when the accident occurred. Winds were from the northeast at 11 to 15 knots. The pilot reported that the setting sun 'blinded' him, allowing him to drift left of course and strike a tree. The aircraft collided with terrain on the airstrip and south of the approach end, coming to rest inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3826D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34526
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Vel-Tex Tile Mfg Co. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 22, 1989 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- BRO · Brownsville, TX
- Destination
- NONE · Brownsville, TX
- Airport
- NONE · Reem Air Ltd., runway 27, 2,100 × 50 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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 235 total · 65 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BRO, 1 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.