- Date
- July 18, 1988, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ajo, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6223ACessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880718030299A
- Case key
- 26062
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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
The plt rprtd that while on final apch to land, the eng suddenly lost power. A forced landing was made about 400' short of the rwy. Drg the landing roll, the acft hit a ditch & nosed over. The airplane was disassembled & moved before it was examined by investigators.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6223A
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33023
- Airframe hours
- 2,700
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Langford, Michael C.
- Registered owner
- Langford, Michael C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 7, 1987 · 128 hours before
- Departed
- OLS · Nogales, AZ
- Airport
- PO1 · Ajo, runway 30, 3,800 × 60 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 260 total · 130 in this make and model · 222 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.