# Accident 19890117000759A: Cessna TR182, Oakland, CA, January 17, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1989, 01:12 local time
- Place: Oakland, CA
- Airport: Metropolitan Oakland International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7213° N, 122.2212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7213&lon=-122.2212&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5398R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5398R-1989-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TR182 (registry code 2072735, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,225 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX89LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890117000759A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO GET NOSE GEAR DOWN LIGHT. VEERED OFF RUNWAY LANDING AND NOSED OVER. HAD MADE PRIOR HARD LANDING.

## 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 LAX89LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA085), Jan 17, 1989: Cessna TR182 (N5398R), Oakland, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: PREVIOUS DAMAGE DUE TO PREVIOUS HARD LANDING.

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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