- Date
- October 19, 1982, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- N. Okeechobee, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8240MCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821019068179A
- Case key
- 71815
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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 site chosen for landing was an old road with high weeds which the pilot had used the week before. The left wing caught in the weeds during landing. The pilot stated that the right rudder was used to straighten the aircraft's course, however, the aircraft departed the roadway into a soft sand swale ditch. The aircraft nosewheel dug into the sand and the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8240M
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18264571
- Airframe hours
- 578
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Evans Properties, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Evans Properties, Inc.
- Departed
- Zephyrhills, FL
- Destination
- Okeechobee, FL
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,912 total · 294 in this make and model · 24 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.