- Date
- January 20, 1992, 07:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place
- Boulder, NV
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5445NCessna 182R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920120000769A
- Case key
- 27539
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the takeoff portion of a touch an go landing. A factor which contributed to the accident was the student's lack of experience in the type of operation.
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 student pilot, during his second supervised solo flight, planned to perform a touch and go landing. The student's flight instructor, who witnessed the accident, reported that his student's pattern and approach appeared normal. When the airplane crossed the runway's threshold, the airplane was '...a little high and fast.' The CFI further reported that on the takeoff portion, the flaps were retracted, engine power sounds increased, and the airplane veered to the right and left. The airplane then veered off the runway, collided with a berm and nosed over. An examination of the wreckage revealed that the flight control system was intact, and the tires and brakes were functional.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5445N
- Reported as
- Cessna 182R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18267720
- Airframe hours
- 1,450
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Timothy J. Massanari
- Registered owner
- Massanari Bemis Assoc., Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · December 6, 1991 · 24 hours before
- Airport
- 61B · Boulder City, runway 27, 4,800 × 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 58 total · 28 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.