- Date
- February 20, 1987, 15:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Vallecito, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3683UCessna 182G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870220003989A
- Case key
- 25527
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Analysis
A Cessna 182G collided with the rwy surface after the nose gear collapsed at a private airstrip. The pilot indicated that the nose gear turned 90 degrees during the landing roll then collapsed. Pilot examined the nose gear after the accident and discovered the bolt attaching the upper torque link assembly missing. There was no evidence of damage where the bolt connects the torque link assembly to the steering arm assembly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3683U
- Reported as
- Cessna 182G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18255083
- Airframe hours
- 3,681
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Steven Fairchild
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 18, 1986 · 76 hours before
- Departed
- Valley Springs, CA
- Destination
- Vallecito, CA
- Airport
- Private Airstrip, runway 10, 880 × 75 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,837 total · 1,903 in this make and model · 2,837 as pilot in command · 64 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SCK, 32 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 N3683U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.