- Date
- September 29, 1983, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Binghamton, NY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9174GCessna 182N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830929055289A
- Case key
- 35284
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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.
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - failure,totalCause
Analysis
While landing in calm wind conditions, the nose gear reportedly collapsed on touchdown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9174G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18260714
- Airframe hours
- 864
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Mccormick
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 28, 1983 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- BGM · Binghamton, NY
- Airport
- BGM · Broome County, runway 28, 5,000 × 150 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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 329 total · 55 in this make and model · 289 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9174G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.