Cessna 182J N3319F

Summary

On 29 August 1985 at about 11:00 local time, a Cessna 182J registered N3319F was involved in an accident near Danville, Pennsylvania, United States. 5 people were on board and 4 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

29 August 1985 at 11:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Danville, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Danville (8N8)

Coordinates

40.9594, -76.6104

Aircraft

Cessna 182J

Registration

N3319F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Palmyra → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

NYC85LA229

4 people had minor injuries.

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

DURING AN APCH, THE ACFT WAS CONFIGURED WITH FULL FLAPS & WAS TRIMMED FOR 65 KTS. AT ABOUT 150 FEET FROM THE DESIRED TOUCHDOWN POINT, THE PLT REDUCED POWER TO LAND. MOMENTARILY AFTER THAT, THE STALL WARNING HORN SOUNDED & THE ACFT FELL 10 TO 20 FT, IMPACTING THE GROUND APRX 20 TO 30 FT SHORT OF THE RWY. DURING IMPACT, THE NOSE WHEEL WAS TORN FROM THE ACFT. THE ACFT THEN BOUNCED ONTO THE RWY, SKIDDED ABOUT 100 FT & NOSED OVER. A WITNESS NEAR THE APCH END OF THE RWY SAID THE ACFT APPEARED TO BE SLOWER THAN NORMAL & IN A NOSE HIGH SLIP. NO SOUND OF ENG POWER WAS HEARD AS THE ACFT WAS ABOUT TO LAND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.