Cessna 182P N5990J

Summary

On 23 April 1983 at about 16:00 local time, a Cessna 182P registered N5990J was involved in an accident near Van Horn, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 April 1983 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Van Horn, Texas, United States

Coordinates

31.0400, -104.8293

Aircraft

Cessna 182P

Registration

N5990J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Midland → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW83LA207

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A RAVINE AFTER LEAVING THE RWY DURING A CROSSWIND LANDING. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A CROSS COUNTRY AND WAS MAKING AND ENROUTE LANDING. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE 2700 RT PRIVATE GRAVEL STRIP THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ON RWY 06. HE SAID HE WS AWARE OF A CROSSWIND BUT FELT IT W AS NOT TOO BAD OR THAT IT WARRANTED A RETURN TO MIDLAND WITHOUT LANDING. AFTER TOUCHDOWN A GUST OF WIND SWERVED THE ACFT INTO A SMALL RAVINE. THE COLLISION SHEARED THE NOSE GEAR AND DAMAGED OTHER PARTS OF THE ACFT. THE PILOT REPORED THE WIND FROM THE EAST AT 25 KTS GUSTING TO 30 KTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.