- Date
- January 31, 1982, 11:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- New Port Richey, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5406MCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820131002139A
- Case key
- 71991
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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 pilot elected to land on runway 080 with winds from 170 degrees at 14 knots gusting to 25 knots. The aircraft ran off the side of the runway into soft sand where the nose wheel collapsed and the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5406M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284582
- Airframe hours
- 899
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ed Silvernell&Son, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Ed Silvernell&Son, Inc.
- Departed
- X41 · New Port Richey, FL
- Destination
- X41 · New Port Richey, FL
- Airport
- X41 · West Pasco, runway 8, 5,000 × 50 ft, macadam
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 402 total · 14 in this make and model · 241 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TPA, 12 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.