# NTSB LAX83LA465: Cessna 182P, N9881E, Empire, NV, September 17, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 16, 1983, 17:00 local (Sep 17, 1983, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Empire, NV
- Coordinates: 40.500377, -119.499923 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5004&lon=-119.4999&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23868
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA465
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23868/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA465

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not selected, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9881E), registered now, S/N 18263942 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18263942
- Airframe hours: 2009
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830916064699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830916064699A), Sep 16, 1983: Cessna 182P, Empire, NV, Substantial damage. Pilot was attempting downwind landing on short landing strip. Aircraft overrun end of runway and flipped over.

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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