- Date
- October 22, 1986, 14:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Gila Bend, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N91797Cessna 182M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861022049679A
- Case key
- 25460
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft veered off the rwy during takeoff ground run and nosed over. The plt inidcated that during the takeoff his seat slid rearward and he was unable to reach the throttle or the rudder pedals. The acft departed the rwy to the left into vegetated desert terrain. The nose gear collapsed and the acft nosed over. Examination of the acft revealed that hardware used to assemble the fore-aft seat adjustment assembly was incorrect. One cotter pin was installed instead of a clevis pin with a small cotter pin in the upper portion of the fore-aft seat adjustment locking pin. One cotter pin was also installed instead of a roll-pin on the lower portion of the same locking pin. The installation of the cotter pins allowed too much play causing the fore-aft seat adjustment locking pin not to engage the seat rail properly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91797
- Reported as
- Cessna 182M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18259914
- Airframe hours
- 4,071
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William D. Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 22, 1986 · 73 hours before
- Departed
- GBN · Gila Bend, AZ
- Destination
- SDM · San Diego, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- GBN · Gila Bend, runway 22, 3,800 × 76 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 412 total · 220 in this make and model · 261 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 16 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GBN, 6 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.