- Date
- December 9, 1990, 12:06 local (17:06 UTC)
- Place
- Orlando, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5157TCessna 182RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901209053329A
- Case key
- 32801
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
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
While in cruise flt, the pilot turned off the left half of the split-rocker type master switch, which controls the alternator. As a result, the battery was drained. The gear was extended using the emergency method & after touchdown on rwy 7 with a wind from 030 degs at 10 KTS, the acft travelled off the rt side of the rwy into a ditch. The plt reported that the brakes were inoperative & the emergency gear extension system was difficult to operate. According to the director of maint, the rt main gear tire had a flat spot. The acft is flying again & the brake system, which had no maint performed after the accident, continues to operate with no failure or malfunction. The emergency gear extension syst was checked & found to operate normally. The alternator which also had no maint performed after the accident continues to operate with no failure or malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5157T
- Reported as
- Cessna 182RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18201826
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Orlando
- Registered owner
- Bazeco, Inc.
- Departed
- LAL · Lakeland, FL
- Airport
- ORL · Orlando Executive, runway 7, 5,998 × 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 150 in this make and model · 350 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- ORL
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 N5157T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.