- Date
- March 17, 1987, 19:10 local (Mar 18, 1987, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Branford, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8698TCessna 182C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870317006269A
- Case key
- 31878
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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 was unable to locate his postion, & with wx conditions deteriorating & darkness approaching, elected to land in a field. Upon touchdown, the nose gear broke off, the acft nosed over & came to rest inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8698T
- Reported as
- Cessna 182C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 52598
- Airframe hours
- 2,300
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert W. Mc Leod
- Registered owner
- Robert W. Mcleod
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- VLD · Valdosta, GA
- Destination
- BKV · Brooksville, FL
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 121 total · 22 in this make and model · 74 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 60° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 25 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.