# NTSB SEA84LA104: Cessna 182, N5663J, Gerlach, NV, May 10, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 10, 1984, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Gerlach, NV
- Coordinates: 40.859031, -119.319793 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8590&lon=-119.3198&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39912
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA104
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39912/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA104

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5663J-1993-05-05), registration cancelled 1993-05-05, S/N 18263483 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18263482
- Airframe hours: 1050
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840510017949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840510017949A), May 10, 1984: Cessna 182P, Gerlach, NV, Substantial damage. Landed long, flipped inverted off departure end of Private strip. Change in wind and 1500 ft length are factors.

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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