# NTSB LAX83LA359: Cessna TR182RG II, N757KE, Bishop, CA, July 22, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 22, 1983, 10:48 local (17:48 UTC)
- Place: Bishop, CA
- Coordinates: 37.500553, -118.309219 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5006&lon=-118.3092&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23801
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA359
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23801/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA359

## Sequence of events

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

- Fire, taxi - to takeoff
  - landing gear,normal brake system - overtemperature (cause)
  - landing gear,normal brake system - fire (cause)
  - landing gear,normal brake system - failure,total (cause)
  - fuselage - burned (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT CAUGHT FIRE DURING TAXI AFTER AN ABORTED TAKEOFF. DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL THE PLT NOTICED A VIBRATION AND A SLIGHT PULLING TO THE LEFT. THE BRAKES AND ENGINE HAD BEEN CHECKED WITH NOTHING NOTED BUT THE PLT DECIDED TO ABORT. HE LET THE ACFT ROLL TO A STOP WITHOUT USING BRAKES. AFTER STOPPING AND DETECTING NOTHING UNUSAL THE PLT DECIDED TO TRY AGAIN. WHILE TAXIING AND CHECKING BRAKES A BLUE-GREY SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE WHEELS AND THEN FLAMES CAME FROM THE RIGHT WHEEL. AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE ACFT WAS INEFFECTUAL AS THE PLT STATED THERE WAS NO PRESSURE IN THE BRAKE PEDALS. THE ACFT ROLLED INTO A DRY GRASS AREA AND BURNED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N757KE](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757KE-1986-03-26), registration cancelled 1986-03-26, S/N R18201240 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182RG II
- Registry model: [Cessna TR182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (registry code 2072735) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R18201240
- Airframe hours: 804
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-L3C5D 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Robert Thayer
- Registered owner: Mountainaire
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 28, 1983, 2 hours before
- Destination: RNO, RENO, NV
- Airport: BIH, Bishop, runway 16, 5,601 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 327 total, 323 in this make and model, 211 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BIH

## 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 19830722034739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830722034739A), Jul 22, 1983: Cessna TR182, Bishop, CA, Destroyed. Pilot aborted takeoff because of vibration. During taxi back to end of runway wheels caught fire burning airplane.

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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