- Date
- March 31, 1983, 17:53 local (22:53 UTC)
- Place
- Batavia, NY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7364RCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830331010569A
- Case key
- 35165
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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 pilot had trouble with maintaining heading during the entire flight due to malfunction of the rudder trim. During landing, directional control was lost and the acft left the runway and collided with trees. An inspection of the rudder sys revealed excessive clearance (.05% inch) between the horizontal drive sprochet the rear vertical drive sprochet. With this problem, the plt could not return the rudder trim to neutral.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7364R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18200648
- Airframe hours
- 1,563
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3C-5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Macdan Aviation Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 31, 1982 · 89 hours before
- Departed
- CDW · Caldwell, NJ
- Destination
- 3G8 · Batavia, NY
- Airport
- 3B8 · Genesee Company, runway 10, 4,400 × 75 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,825 total · 3 in this make and model · 1,610 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.