- Date
- July 25, 1982, 19:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Hunter, NY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8493MCessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820725032039A
- Case key
- 71115
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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 brakes were ineffective during landing & the acft ran off the side of the rwy & came to rest inverted in bushes against a small hill. The brake linings were changed 204 flt hours prior to the accident. Inspection verified that the brakes were considerably worn.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8493M
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 182-64629
- Airframe hours
- 976
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard G. Donato
- Registered owner
- Richard G. Donato
- Departed
- 1N1 · Brookhaven, NY
- Destination
- 0B4 · Hunter, NY
- Airport
- 04B · Hunter Mountain, runway 18, 2,700 × 150 ft, gravel
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 128 total · 37 in this make and model · 77 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- 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.