# NTSB NYC83LA131: Cessna 182B, N2632G, Taunton, MA, May 21, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 21, 1983, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Taunton, MA
- Location: 41.8741° N, 71.0152° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAUNTON MUNI/KING FLD (TAN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8741&lon=-71.0152&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35193
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA131
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35193/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA131

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, taxi - from landing
  - terrain condition - hidden obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, taxi - from landing
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)
- Nose down, taxi - from landing

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A SMALL ROCK DURING TAXI FROM LANDING. AS THE PILOT TAXIED BACK TO THE RAMP AREA ALONG A DIRT TAXIWAY HE OBSERVED THREE PEOPLE STANDING IN THE WAY. THE PILOT TAXIED ONTO THE GRASS TO AVOID THE PEOPLE AND WHILE STILL TAXIING THE ACFT STRUCK A ROCK PROTRUDING FROM THE GROUND ABOUT 4 INCHES. THE NOSE GEAR YOKE BROKE AT THE FORK ANDTHE ACFT DROPPED ONTO ITS PROP AND NOSE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2632G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2632G), registered now, S/N 51932, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Registry model: [Cessna 182B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (registry code 2072706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 51932
- Airframe hours: 2509
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Other work use, Part 91
- Registered owner: John A. Carreiro, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 13, 1983, 95 hours before
- Departed: TAN
- Destination: TAN
- Airport: TAN, Taunton

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 520 total, 468 in this make and model, 232 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 15 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830521022089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830521022089A), May 21, 1983: Cessna 182B, Taunton, MA, Substantial damage. Nose wheel struck a rock and collapsed while taxiing on the grass to avoid jumpers on the taxiway.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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