- Date
- November 20, 1982, 08:34 local (13:34 UTC)
- Place
- La Belle, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4678KCessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821120059249A
- Case key
- 71294
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
After experiencing an eng failure the plt made a forced landing on the arpt. The acft overran the rwy & collided with a ditch causing the nose gear to collapse. The #3 cylinder exhaust valve rocker shaft housing failed due to high-cycle low-stress fatigue.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4678K
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 63679
- Airframe hours
- 1,353
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James B. Larkin
- Registered owner
- James B. Larkin
- Departed
- C · Hollywood, FL
- Destination
- C · St. Petersburg, FL
- Airport
- X14 · La Belle, runway 32, 3,810 × 50 ft, concrete
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,040 total · 1,400 in this make and model · 600 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 156 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 30 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.