- Date
- November 28, 1983, 14:31 local (19:31 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N61125Cessna 182-RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 31027
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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.
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,gear locking mechanism - failure,partialCause
Analysis
On landing touchdown the nosegear collapsed and the acft slid to a stop. One of the nose gear lock pins was found failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61125
- Reported as
- Cessna 182-RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18201615
- Airframe hours
- 2,268
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Tampa Airways Inc.
- Registered owner
- Billy R. Loveless
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ORL · Orlando, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CRG · Craig Municipal, runway 22, 4,001 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,261 total · 45 in this make and model · 179 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 8 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Observed at
- CRG