- Date
- February 8, 1986, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Healdsburg, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N91614Cessna 182M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860208002509A
- Case key
- 25072
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
On February 8, 1986, at 1430 PST a Cessna 182, N91614, overran the landing surface and nosed over at a dirt strip. VMC prevailed at the time. The winds were generally calm with sporadic gusts from the north at approximately 10 knots. There was no indication of unfavorable conditions prior to the approach and the pilot elected to land to the south on the down sloping 1300 foot dirt strip. On landing roll, a gusting tailwind extended the landing run. The aircraft ran off the end of the dirt strip and nosed over coming to rest in a vertical position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91614
- Reported as
- Cessna 182M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18259844
- Airframe hours
- 1,512
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Major Aviation Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 25, 1986 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- STS · Santa Rosa, CA
- Destination
- Healdsburg, CA
- Airport
- runway 18, 1,300 × 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
- 37
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,750 total · 2,610 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.