# NTSB MIA83LA061: Cessna 182D, N8780X, Near Telogia, FL, January 19, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 19, 1983, 17:05 local (22:05 UTC)
- Place: Near Telogia, FL
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30840
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83LA061
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30840/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA061

## Sequence of events

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

- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - clouds (contributing factor)
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A TREE DURING AN OFF AIRPORT PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING A CROSS COUNTRY ON A DAY WITH QUESTIONABLE WEATHER. THE CLOUDS WERE 1000 FEET BROKEN 2500 FEET OVERCAST AT TALLAHASSEE WHICH IS 30 MILES ENE OF THE ACCIDENT SITE. DURING THE FLIGHT THE PILOT BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED AND LOW ON FUEL, SO HE DECIDED TOLAND. HE SELECTED A DIRT ROAD AND DURING THE LANDING HE RAN OFF THE ROAD AND COLLIDED WITH A TREE AND A CULVERT. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8780X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18253180
- Airframe hours: 3038
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Maurice F. Callahan
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 24, 1982
- Departed: OCF, OCALA, FL
- Destination: ABY, ALBANY, GA
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 56 total, 18 in this make and model, 20 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 50 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TLH, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830119001259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830119001259A), Jan 19, 1983: Cessna 182D, Telagia, FL, Substantial damage. Student lost and low on fuel. Elected to land on a road. Hit a culvert and tree. Marginal weather for student work.

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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