Cessna 182R N3163E

Summary

On 1 September 1988 at about 21:35 local time, a Cessna 182R registered N3163E, operated by Chernosky, Marvin E., was involved in an accident near Spicewood, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 September 1988 at 21:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Spicewood, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Austin Air Park (88R)

Coordinates

30.4808, -98.1592

Aircraft

Cessna 182R

Registration

N3163E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Chernosky, Marvin E.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Houston → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW88DRG12

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 PLT SAID THE WINDSOCK INDICATED THE WIND WAS FROM THE NORTHEAST; HOWEVER, WITNESSES SAID THE WINDS WERE FROM THE SOUTH & THE ACFT LANDED DOWNWIND. THE PLT SAID HE WENT AROUND AFTER THE 1ST APCH, & ON THE NEXT PATTERN, HE MADE A LOWERFINAL APCH. HE SAID THAT SHORTLY AFTER CROSSING THE THRESHOLD, THE ACFT WAS SLAPPED FORCEFULLY TO THE GND, THEN IT LIFTED OFF AGAIN & HE CORRECTED FOR A STRONG X-WIND FROM THE RIGHT. RPRTDLY, THE AIRPLANE WENT LEFT, THEN RIGHT, & SUBSEQUENTLY, THE LEFT WING OF HIS ACFT SHEARED OFF THE EMPENNAGE OF A CESSNA 210 PARKED NEAR THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY. THE NOSEWHEEL OF THE MOVING ACFT (N3163E) CAME OFF, ITS NOSE STRUT DUG IN THE TERRAIN & THE ACFT NOSED OVER. WITNESSES SAID THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN IN WHAT LOOKED TO BE THE LAST 1000 FT OF THE RWY. APRX 24 MI WEST AT AUSTIN, TX, THE WIND WAS RPRTD TO BE FROM 080 DEG AT 11 GUSTING 16 KTS WITH TOWERING CUMULUS CLOUDS MOVING WEST.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.