- Date
- May 8, 1983, 18:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Springfield, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4801NCessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830508018999A
- Case key
- 33408
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 acft went off the runway, collapsed the nose gear and nosed over during landing. The pilot was unable to extend the flaps and tried to land on a 3800 foot runway. There was a 7003 foot runway 8 NM west of the landing site. The pilot also had a tailwind of 11 KTS during landing. He had made one approach and performed a go-around. On the 2nd approach hewas unable to extend the flaps so he again went around. He landed on the 3rd attempt but was too fast and ran off the runway into high grass to slow the acft. The acft went into a soft plowed field, broke the nose gear and nosed over. A micro-limit-switch had malfunctioned to prevent the flaps from operating.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4801N
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 182-67378
- Airframe hours
- 1,060
- Engine
- Continental O-470U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- 58 Hotel, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1983 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- IM09 · Greenfield, MO
- Destination
- 3DW · Springfield, MO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 3DW · Downtown, runway 28, 3,800 × 35 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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 176 total · 24 in this make and model · 106 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SGF, 5 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.