- Date
- May 7, 1994, 11:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place
- Crystal River, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7355SCessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940507014289A
- Case key
- 37539
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot-in-command 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
After touchdown on runway 9 with the wind from the south at 7-8 knots, the airplane veered off the right side of the runway into shrubs then nosed over.
Factual narrative
On May 7, 1994, about 1120 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 182P, registered to Edward R. and Shirley L. Costello, nosed over after experiencing loss of control during landing roll at the Crystal River Airpark, Crystal River, Florida, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was substantially damaged and the private-rated pilot and one passenger sustained minor injuries. The flight originated from the Venice Municipal Airport, Venice, Florida, about 1015.
After touchdown on runway 9 with the wind from the south at 7 to 8 knots, the airplane veered off the right side of the runway into shrubs then nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7355S
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18265146
- Airframe hours
- 2,333
- Engine
- Continental O-470S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Costello, Shirley L.& Edward
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 11, 1993 · 43 hours before
- Departed
- VNC · Venice, FL
- Airport
- X31 · Crystal River, runway 9, 4,297 × 60 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,495 total · 1,286 in this make and model · 1,495 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 22 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.
Other investigations on N7355S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.