- Date
- July 30, 1987, 20:20 local (Jul 31, 1987, 03:20 UTC)
- Place
- Sunnyside, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6133BCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870730080749A
- Case key
- 40667
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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 plt rprtd that when he was lndg on rwy 25, the sun was just above the horizon & shining directly down the rwy. He said he misjudged the distance to the ground & lndd hard on the nose gear. Subsequently, the nose gear collapsed, the acft veered off the rwy, then it went into a ditch & nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6133B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34133
- Airframe hours
- 2,400
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harry T. Fleming
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 20, 1987
- Departed
- SIY · Montague, CA
- Destination
- SIY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 1S5 · Sunnyside Muni, runway 25, 3,500 × 100 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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 192 total · 82 in this make and model · 102 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.