- Date
- July 19, 1982, 07:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Near Dixie, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8548TCessna 182C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820719030219A
- Case key
- 71862
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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
The pilot was taking off from a wet, sod airstrip when he elected to abort at about the midway point of the runway. While aborting, the aircraft hit a soft spot in the runway which sheared off the nose gear. Aircraft continued off end of runway and burned.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8548T
- Reported as
- Cessna 182C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 52448
- Airframe hours
- 2,136
- Engine
- Continental O-470L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert R. Padgett
- Registered owner
- Robert R. Padgett
- Departed
- Near Dixie, ID
- Destination
- Flying 'B' Ranc, ID
- Airport
- Root Ranch Airstrip, runway 5, 1,900 × 50 ft, dirt
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,200 total · 2,200 in this make and model · 2,100 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 126 °F
- Observed at
- SMN, 49 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.