- Date
- January 11, 1987, 10:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Big Bear City, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6216NCessna T182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870111000289A
- Case key
- 25500
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt rprtd that when the nose wheel touched down during the landing, a severe vibration began & the acft veered to the left. She said she pulled the yoke aft, but this had no response. Also, she said she applied brakes, but could not stop the acft or make it turn right. Subsequently, the acft drifted into a snow bank beside the rwy & nosed over. A witness said the left main gear 'caught the snow on the side of the runway for approx 30 feet, then aircraft turned into the snow . . .' An exam of the nose landing gear was made, but no mechanical problems were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6216N
- Reported as
- Cessna T182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18267799
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Walter F. Wong
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 11, 1986
- Departed
- WHP · Pacoima, CA
- Destination
- L35
- Airport
- L35 · Big Bear, runway 7, 5,850 × 75 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 482 total · 76 in this make and model · 389 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 24° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.