- Date
- September 20, 1984, 19:17 local (23:17 UTC)
- Place
- West Mifflin, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N52830Cessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840920072009A
- Case key
- 35770
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
On arrival at airport, plt received wind information from twr as varying from 230 to 250 degrees at 15 KTS gusting to 20 and was offerred a choice of rwy 28 or rwy 23. Rwy 23 is 100 ft wide and 2380 ft long. Plt chose rwy 28. At landing flare, acft encountered a strong crosswind gust.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52830
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18262880
- Airframe hours
- 2,131
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Cmp Flying Businessmen'S Assoc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 15, 1984
- Departed
- HLG · Wheeling, WV
- Airport
- AGC · Allegheny Co., runway 28, 6,500 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 393 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- 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.
Other investigations on N52830 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.