# NTSB MIA86LA158: Cessna 182A, N6155B, Winter Haven, FL, May 14, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 14, 1986, 13:25 local (17:25 UTC)
- Place: Winter Haven, FL
- Coordinates: 27.980003, -81.779701 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9800&lon=-81.7797&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31632
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA158
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31632/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA158

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, taxi - from landing
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT AS HE WAS TAXIING THE ACFT FROM LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR BECAME STUCK IN SOFT DIRT. THE PROPELLER THEN STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6155B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6155B), registered now, S/N 34155, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34155
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: James Lesage
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: GIF, Winter Haven'S Gilbert

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 202 total, 28 in this make and model, 138 as pilot in command, 28 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: LAL, 14 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 19860514017619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860514017619A), May 14, 1986: Cessna 182A, Winter Haven, FL, Substantial damage. Nose wheel caught in soft sand while taxiing on the sod runway. Aircraft nosed over.

## Other investigations on N6155B (1)

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 CHI06CA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA203), Jul 18, 2006: Cessna 182 (N6155B), Napoleon, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot failed to perform a go-around which resulted in landing long on the airstrip. Factors associated with the accident were the tailwind, the pilot's selection of runway direction, the fence…

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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