# NTSB MIA84IA037: Cessna 182-RG, N61125, Jacksonville, FL, November 28, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: November 28, 1983, 14:31 local (19:31 UTC)
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Coordinates: 30.32986, -81.580703 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3299&lon=-81.5807&mi=10
- 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): 31027
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84IA037
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31027/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84IA037

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,gear locking mechanism - failure,partial (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182-RG
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R18201615
- Airframe hours: 2268
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 27; 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

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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