- Date
- May 14, 1986, 13:39 local (17:39 UTC)
- Place
- Sanford, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3516UCessna 182F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860514017559A
- Case key
- 31631
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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.
Analysis
The plt stated that as he attempted to land he did not notice the apch lights at the end of the rwy. The left wing and windshield struck the lights, after which, the acft landed without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3516U
- Reported as
- Cessna 182F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18254916
- Airframe hours
- 1,408
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Maurice F.Callahan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1986
- Departed
- OCF · Ocala, FL
- Airport
- SFB · Sanford, runway 9, 8,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 223 total · 129 in this make and model · 124 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCO, 15 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.
Other investigations on N3516U · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.