# NTSB MIA83LA049: Cessna 182Q, N95897, Ocoee, FL, December 11, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 11, 1982, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place: Ocoee, FL
- Location: 28.5788° N, 81.5330° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ocoee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5788&lon=-81.5330&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 11, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72078
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83LA049
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72078/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA049

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - failure,total

## Analysis

PLT APPROACHED WITH A HIGHER THAN NORMAL AIRSPEED. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN NOSE WHEEL FIRST ABOUT 1/3 DOWN THE RWY COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N95897](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N95897), registered now, S/N 18266672, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18266672
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-U 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Russell J. Burnup
- Registered owner: Ernest M. Kollman
- Departed: FT. MEYERS, FL
- Destination: OCOEE, FL
- Airport: 29X, Orlando West Airport, runway 18R, 3,500 × 0 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; airline transport, private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 2,100 total, 45 in this make and model, 1,900 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,500 ft broken
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ORL, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821211063489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821211063489A), Dec 11, 1982: Cessna 182Q, Ocoee, FL, Substantial damage. Landed nose wheel first. Impact collapsed the nose gear with associated damage to nose section.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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