- Date
- May 10, 1984, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Gerlach, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5663JCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840510017949A
- Case key
- 39912
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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 acft went off the 1500 ft rwy during a x-wind landing and nosed over. The plt said a gust of wind 'blew the plane too FAR down the runway, applied power, lost altitude, landed off the runway and the plane flipped upside down.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5663J
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18263482
- Airframe hours
- 1,050
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Walter D. Ashton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1983 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- Gerlach, NV
- Destination
- Gerlach, NV
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 609 total · 501 in this make and model · 532 as pilot in command · 98 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LOL, 45 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.