- Date
- September 16, 1983, 17:00 local (Sep 17, 1983, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Empire, NV
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9881ECessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830916064699A
- Case key
- 23868
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Overrun
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Wrong runway - selectedCause
Proper touchdown point - misjudgedCause
Go-around - not selectedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankmentFactor
Nose over
Analysis
The plt said that a gust of wind blew the acft half way down the rwy. The touchdown was long and the acft ran off the end of the rwy into a dirt bank and nosed over. Winds were gusting to 20 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9881E
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18263942
- Airframe hours
- 2,009
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Walter D. Ashton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 16, 1983 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- 2Q8 · Gerlach, NV
- Airport
- Private, runway 6, 1,500 × 40 ft, dirt
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 483 total · 185 in this make and model · 118 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.