- Date
- March 13, 1982, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- New Port Richey, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8554SCessna 182H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820313003989A
- Case key
- 71993
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 stated that moments after takeoff power was applied the seat retaining pins broke, the pilot's seat moved aft breaking the rear retainer leaving him unable to reach the control yoke. The aircraft swerved off the runway and collided with trees. The pilot reported that both seat retainer and pin had been replaced during a major overhaul in March 1981.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8554S
- Reported as
- Cessna 182H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18256654
- Airframe hours
- 1,650
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James M. Marlowe
- Registered owner
- James M. Marlowe
- Departed
- X28 · New Port Richey, FL
- Destination
- X28 · New Port Richey, FL
- Airport
- X28 · Hidden Lake, runway 23, 3,400 × 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 520 total · 520 in this make and model · 480 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.