Cessna 182P N52748

Summary

On 10 February 1998 at about 21:30 local time, a Cessna 182P registered N52748, operated by Scottsdale Flyers, was involved in an accident near Payson, Arizona, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

10 February 1998 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Payson, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Payson Airport (E69)

Coordinates

34.1904, -111.1692

Aircraft

Cessna 182P

Registration

N52748

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Scottsdale Flyers

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Scottsdale → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX98LA088

Nobody was injured.

The collapse of the nose landing gear for undetermined reasons.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of the accident aircraft performed a preflight inspection of the aircraft, including reviewing the logbook and squawk sheet, with no discrepancies noted. The operator of the flight school said that a student pilot had done a hard landing with this airplane approximately 10 hours before this flight. He visually examined the aircraft for damage and did not find any damage to the nose gear as a result of the hard landing. The pilot of the accident airplane reported a normal landing and touchdown, but stated that the nose gear continued to lower as the weight of the airplane landed on the runway. She stated she could not steer the airplane to the taxiway, so she shut down the engine and called for assistance.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.