# Accident 19790711025999A: Cessna 182, Vancouver, WA, July 11, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1979, 00:45 local time
- Place: Vancouver, WA
- Airport: Pearson
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6205° N, 122.6565° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PEARSON FLD (VUO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6205&lon=-122.6565&mi=10
- Aircraft: N735WR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N735WR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 174 total, 43 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79DYM46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DYM46-134108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790711025999A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LEVELED OFF HIGH ON NIGHT LANDING. AIRCRAFT HIT RUNWAY HARD IN LEVVEL FLIGHT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA79DYM46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DYM46-134108), Jul 11, 1979: Cessna 182 (N735WR), Vancouver, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N735WR (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19870215006649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870215006649I), Feb 15, 1987: Cessna 182Q (N735WR), Beaver Falls, PA, Minor damage. Directional control was lost on landing. Aircraft veered off runway into a snowbank.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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