- Date
- April 25, 1983, 17:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Keosauqua, IA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2343XCessna 182H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830425015609A
- Case key
- 33399
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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 right main landing gear collapsed during the landing and ran off the runway. The flight originated about 30 minutes before the accident. The pilot said he was landing on runway 24 using 30 degrees of flaps. There was a wind of 18 KTS gusting to 25 KTS from the south. The pilot said a strong gust caused the acft to drift to the right during the landing flare and when the acft touched down the right main gear collapsed. The acft continued off the runway into a cornfield before coming to rest. The landing airport is unattended and the only wind indicator is a wind sock.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2343X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18256243
- Airframe hours
- 3,100
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Van Buren Flying Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 16, 1982 · 31 hours before
- Departed
- OTM · Ottumwa, IA
- Destination
- 6K9 · Keosauqua, IA
- Airport
- 6K9 · Keosauqua Municipal, runway 24, 3,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 111 total · 23 in this make and model · 53 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 18 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.