- Date
- February 2, 1983, 11:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Chiloquin, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N92353Cessna 182N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830202001919A
- Case key
- 39659
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
During a long straight in approach from about 3 miles out the aircraft lost power. The pilot figured he could not make the runway so he tried for a highway. In diving to avoid wires he drove the nose gear onto the ground. The nose gear was sheared off and the aircraft skidded about 270 feet before going into a ditch.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92353
- Reported as
- Cessna 182N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18260168
- Airframe hours
- 1,300
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert D. Ferguson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 10, 1983 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- Lincoln, CA
- Airport
- ZS7 · Chiloquin, runway 36, 3,735 × 45 ft, asphalt
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 520 total · 220 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 18,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LMT, 27 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.