- Date
- February 16, 1986, 17:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Indiana, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N71770Cessna 182M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860216002819A
- Case key
- 30301
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Cessna 182 landed in deep snow off the right side of the runway. The aircraft touched down hard broke the nose wheel and the Cessna flipped over and received substantial damage. There was no fire. There were no injuries to the pilot and one passenger.. The other passenger received minor injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71770
- Reported as
- Cessna 182M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18259748
- Airframe hours
- 3,379
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dan River Aero Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 15, 1985 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- MTV · Martinsville, VA
- Destination
- DUJ · Dubois, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- IDI · Indiana Co., runway 28, 3,600 × 75 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 745 total · 261 in this make and model · 684 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 40,000 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N71770 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.