- Date
- February 23, 1985, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Davie, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N71837Cessna 182M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850223004239A
- Case key
- 31356
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt stated he intended to land at opa-locka and he was in a hurry to do so because a passenger had become air sick. Instead, the plt unintentionally landed on an ultralight airstrip. The landing gear dug into soft terrain during the landing roll and the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71837
- Reported as
- Cessna 182M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18259773
- Airframe hours
- 17,118
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Int'L Cash Register Co., Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 6, 1985 · 885 hours before
- Departed
- CRG · Jacksonville, FL
- Destination
- MTH · Marathon, FL
- Airport
- Ultralight Flight Strip
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,554 total · 1,341 in this make and model · 2,886 as pilot in command · 318 in the last 90 days · 85 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIA, 20 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.