- Date
- January 25, 1986, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Havasucity, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2302XCessna 182H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860125001229A
- Case key
- 25058
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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
On January 25, 1986 a Cessna 182 collided with the runway surface after the nose wheel collapsed on runway 5 at lake havasu city airport, Arizona. VMC prevailed at the time with the UNICOM reported winds from 270 degrees at 17 knots and gusting. The demonstrated crosswind component for the Cessna 182 is 15 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2302X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18256202
- Airframe hours
- 1,752
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- W.K. Hagerty
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 18, 1985 · 64 hours before
- Departed
- VNY · Van Nuys, CA
- Destination
- LHU · Lake Havasu, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- LHU · Lake Hauasu City, runway 5, 6,364 × 100 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 154 total · 11 in this make and model · 65 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 275° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 45 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EEO, 33 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.
Other investigations on N2302X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.