# NTSB MIA86LA157: Cessna 182F, N3516U, Sanford, FL, May 14, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 14, 1986, 13:39 local (17:39 UTC)
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Coordinates: 28.810646, -81.329261 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8106&lon=-81.3293&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31631
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA157
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31631/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA157

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - object - approach light/navaid (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper descent rate - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3516U-1998-09-16), registration cancelled 1998-09-16, S/N 18254916 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F
- Registry model: [Cessna 182F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (registry code 2072714) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18254916
- Airframe hours: 1408
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860514017559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860514017559A), May 14, 1986: Cessna 182F, Sanford, FL, Substantial damage. Struck the approach lights with the left wing and windshield but managed to land without further incident.

## Other investigations on N3516U (2)

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.

- [NTSB BFO95LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO95LA080), Aug 13, 1995: Cessna 182F (N3516U), Mitchellville, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's delay in aborting the takeoff.
- [NTSB MIA67D0223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA67D0223), Oct 10, 1966: Cessna 182 (N3516U), Carrollton, GA, substantial damage

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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