- Date
- January 31, 1990, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Milford, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8947GCessna 182N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900131001389A
- Case key
- 36606
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Probable cause
The loss of directional control by the pilot during a short soft field takeoff on a snow packed runway.
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.
Analysis
During a short soft field takeoff, the aircraft began to drift to the left. The pilot tried to correct, but then decided to abort the takeoff. The nose wheel hit first and the aircraft flipped onto its back as it came to rest. The takeoff was from a snow packed runway with several soft spots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8947G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18260487
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard Black
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- 6PA0 · Sky Acre, NY
- Airport
- 6PA0 · Myer
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 291 total · 291 in this make and model · 225 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °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.