# NTSB MIA89LA014: Cessna 182A, N4930D, La Belle, FL, October 21, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 21, 1988, 15:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place: La Belle, FL
- Coordinates: 26.639875, -81.340309 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6399&lon=-81.3403&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 3, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32347
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA89LA014
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32347/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89LA014

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - ditch

## Analysis

DURING SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF FROM A ROUGH STRIP THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A HOLE CAUSING THE NOSE WHEEL TO DROP ONTO THE RUNWAY HARD. THE NOSE WHEEL SEPARATED AND THE ACFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND COLLIDED WITH A DRAINAGE DITCH.                                     .

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4930D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4930D), registered now, S/N 51030 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 51030
- Airframe hours: 2076
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Badgerow, Arthur A.
- Registered owner: Arthur A Badgerow
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 1, 1987, 106 hours before
- Destination: FD77, WIMAUMA, FL
- Airport: Orange Grove, runway 27, 3,500 × 70 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 320 total, 201 in this make and model, 245 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FMY, 23 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 19881021047659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881021047659A), Oct 21, 1988: Cessna 182A, La Belle, FL, Substantial damage. Hit a hole on takeoff roll from a private strip. Collapsed nose gear. Slid off strip into water filled ditch.

## Other investigations on N4930D (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 FTW97LA324](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA324), Aug 23, 1997: Cessna 182A (N4930D), Delta, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure by the pilot to properly plan for the flight in that the fuel aboard was insufficient for the planned flight. Factors were: inaccurate fuel gauges and terrain condition for the forced landing.

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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