- Date
- April 23, 1986, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mountain Home, AR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N71551Cessna 182M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860423014099A
- Case key
- 34167
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft nose gear collapsed during a hard landing. The plt stated that his original destination was gastons arpt, lakeview, AR, which has a turf rwy. There are three other arpts in close proximity to gastons, but all have paved rwys. He further stated that as he arrived in the area, he was disoriented about which arpt was the correct one. He chose valley, a private arpt with a paved east-west runway. Surface winds were reportedly from the southest at eleven knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71551
- Reported as
- Cessna 182M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18259662
- Airframe hours
- 2,682
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mt.Horeb Flying Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 4, 1986 · 31 hours before
- Departed
- MSN · Madison, WI
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Valley, runway 9, 2,800 × 50 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 169 total · 11 in this make and model · 103 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT, 98 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.