- Date
- June 20, 1998, 07:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Markleeville, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2772FCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980620014389A
- Case key
- 30127
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft on the landing roll. A factor is the pilot's neglect to lower the flaps and reduce his speed prior to landing.
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 pilot reported that he made one pass over the runway, but was too high and too fast, so he performed a go-around. He stated that on the second approach, he touched down just beyond the numbers about 90 mph. He applied the brakes but the aircraft continued off the end of the runway about 30 mph. The nose gear broke off and the aircraft flipped over and came to rest inverted. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunction with the aircraft prior to the accident. He further reported that he should have used flaps for the landing and landed at a slower speed.
Factual narrative
On June 20, 1998, at 0700 hours Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 182, N2772F, overran the runway and nosed over at the Alpine County Airport, Markleeville, California. The aircraft sustained substantial damage, and the private pilot and two passengers were not injured. The personal flight originated in Reno, Nevada, at 0630 and was terminating at the time of the accident. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed.
The pilot reported that he made one pass over runway 35, but was too high and too fast, so he performed a go-around. He stated that on the second approach, he touched down just beyond the numbers about 90 mph. The pilot noticed that he was approaching the end of the runway, but did not have enough time to initiate a takeoff. He applied the brakes and the aircraft continued off the end of the runway about 30 mph. The nose gear broke off and the aircraft flipped over and came to rest inverted.
The pilot reported that he had not experienced any mechanical malfunction with the aircraft prior to the accident. He further reported that he should have used flaps for the landing and landed at a slower speed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2772F
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18256872
- Airframe hours
- 3,096
- Engine
- Continental HO-470-R15B, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Comstock Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1997 · 97 hours before
- Departed
- RNO · Reno, NV
- Destination
- Q82
- Airport
- Q82 · Alpine County Airport, runway 35, 4,440 × 50 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 225 total · 19 in this make and model · 144 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KTV
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.