- Date
- December 2, 1977
- Place
- Winnemucca, NV · WINNEMUCCA, NV
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8185MCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report January 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771202038079A
- Case key
- 158665
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3664 77/12/2 WINNEMUCCA,NV CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 1050 TIME - 1818 N8185M PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 750 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WINNEMUCCA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELKO,NV WINNEMUCCA,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- ACFT OBSERVED FLYING VERY LOW DURING APPROACH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8185M
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Winnemucca
N8185MRegistration cancelled May 13, 2013 · Cessna 182PAirframe modelCessna 182PEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8185M · 1
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