- Date
- August 18, 1983, 18:30 local (Aug 19, 1983, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Trinity Center, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N735DZCessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830818046689A
- Case key
- 23819
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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 plt stated that during the apch, he let his airspeed get too slow & stalled the acft. Reportedly, he applied full power to go around as the acft began to rapidly lose alt. However, the acft touched down in a brushy area beside the rwy & nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N735DZ
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1826535A
- Airframe hours
- 820
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Oberkamper & Associates
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 7, 1982 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- 056 · Novato, CA
- Destination
- 086 · Trinity Center, CA
- Airport
- 086 · Trinity Center, runway 14, 2,260 × 60 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 160 total · 91 in this make and model · 104 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDD, 34 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.