# NTSB SEA87LA022: Cessna 182G, N2038R, Juneau, AK, November 9, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 9, 1986, 13:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place: Juneau, AK
- Coordinates: 58.579589, -134.770477 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.5796&lon=-134.7705&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): 40564
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA87LA022
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40564/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA022

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - failure,total (cause)

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, HE 'GREASED' THE ACFT ON THE RWY, BUT THE CAST ALLUMINUM YOKE ON THE NOSE GEAR FAILED & THE NOSEWHEEL LEFT THE AIRPLANE. THE STRUT THEN FAILED & THE ACFT WAS FURTHER DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2038R](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2038R), registered now, S/N 18255238, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- Registry model: [Cessna 182G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (registry code 2072716) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18255238
- Airframe hours: 3267
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: James R. Rebar
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 22, 1986
- Airport: JNU, Juneau Int'L, runway 8, 8,456 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 243 total, 162 in this make and model, 200 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,500 ft overcast
- Temperature: 28 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: JNU

## 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 19861109054199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861109054199A), Nov 9, 1986: Cessna 182G, Juneau, AK, Substantial damage. The pilot landed on the nosewheel first which collapsed the gear.

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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