# NTSB SEA82DA118: Cessna 182C, N8548T, Near Dixie, ID, July 19, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 19, 1982, 07:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Near Dixie, ID
- Coordinates: 45.800937, -115.510887 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8009&lon=-115.5109&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 19, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71862
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA82DA118
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71862/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA118

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose gear collapsed, takeoff - roll/run
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted takeoff - delayed, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8548T-1984-12-11), registration cancelled 1984-12-11, S/N 52448 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- Registry model: [Cessna 182C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (registry code 2072708) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 52448
- Airframe hours: 2136
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820719030219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820719030219A), Jul 19, 1982: Cessna 182C, Dixie, ID, Destroyed. Pilot aborted takeoff, during deceleration nose wheel hit soft spot and collapsed.

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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