# NTSB MIA85LA103: Cessna 182M, N71837, Davie, FL, February 23, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 23, 1985, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Davie, FL
- Coordinates: 26.070756, -80.21923 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0708&lon=-80.2192&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31356
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA85LA103
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31356/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA103

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - landed at wrong airport - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - self-induced pressure, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71837-1991-03-29), registration cancelled 1991-03-29, S/N 18259773 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182M
- Registry model: [Cessna 182M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182m) (registry code 2072728) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18259773
- Airframe hours: 17118
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850223004239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850223004239A), Feb 23, 1985: Cessna 182M, Davie, FL, Substantial damage. Mistook Ultralight airstrip for opa locka west. Landed, gear dug in, nosed over. Landed because of ill passenger.

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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