# NTSB SEA83LA010: Cessna 182B, N8714T, Redmond, OR, October 22, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 22, 1982, 11:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place: Redmond, OR
- Coordinates: 44.25914, -121.220108 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2591&lon=-121.2201&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 22, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72364
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83LA010
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72364/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA010

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT WAS HIT WITH A 40 KNOT CROSSWIND, WHICH FORCED THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE T0 THE AIRCRAFT.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8714T](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8714T), registered now, S/N 52614, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- 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: 52614
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: E.W. Roberts
- Registered owner: E.W. Roberts
- Departed: C, LEXINGTON, OR
- Destination: RDM, OR
- Airport: RDM, Roberts Field, runway 22, 7,040 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; medical: unknown, unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 22 knots
- Visibility: 35 statute miles
- Temperature: 144 °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 19821022055149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821022055149A), Oct 22, 1982: Cessna 182B, Redmond, OR, Substantial damage. Pilot made hard landing in gusty wind conditions causing 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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