# NTSB NYC86LA082: Cessna 182, N8776T, Pepperell, MA, March 2, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 2, 1986, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Pepperell, MA
- Location: 42.0503° N, 71.8902° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOJARR (MA09), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0503&lon=-71.8902&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30306
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86LA082
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30306/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA082

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, approach - vfr pattern - downwind
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper alignment - not attained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - visual/aural perception, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - premature, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

AFTER DESCENDING TO TRAFFIC PATTERN ALTITUDE. THE THROTTLE WAS ADVANCED WITH NO RESPONSE FROM THE ENGINE. ON FLARE TO LANDING, PILOT EXPERIENCED SUN GLARE, DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT, AND TOUCHED DOWN IN A SNOW BANK. NOSE GEAR DUG IN AND AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ONTO ITS BACK. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED BUT THE CERTIFIED PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8776T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8776T-2021-10-29), registration cancelled 2021-10-29, S/N 52676, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (registry code 2072708) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 52676
- Airframe hours: 5000
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Other work use, Part 137
- Registered owner: James A. Reid
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 1, 1986, 20 hours before
- Airport: MA09, Sports Center, runway 24, 2,700 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 3,359 total, 1,040 in this make and model, 3,091 as pilot in command, 50 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 6,000 ft unknown
- Temperature: 36 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860302005269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860302005269A), Mar 2, 1986: Cessna 182C, Pepperell, MA, Substantial damage. The engines failed on downwind. The aircraft hit a snowbank beside the runway when the pilot was blinded by the sun.

## Other investigations on N8776T (3)

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.

- [NTSB NYC82FNA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FNA02), Oct 10, 1981: Cessna 182 (N8776T), East Pepperell, MA, substantial damage
- [NTSB NYC78DNA07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78DNA07), Oct 2, 1977: Cessna 182C (N8776T), Pepperell, MA, substantial damage
- [NTSB MIA75FKG18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75FKG18), Aug 19, 1974: Cessna 182C (N8776T), Hampton, GA, substantial damage

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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