# Accident 19970625018339A: Cessna 182Q, Houston, TX, June 25, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 1997, 15:29 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Sugar Land Municipal/Hull Field Arp
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6100° N, 95.6095° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6100&lon=-95.6095&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96TJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 125 total, 9 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW97LA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA234) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970625018339A

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED LANDING CAME BACK DOWN ON NOSE. LOST CONTROL. EXITED RUNWAY INTO A DITCH. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. (-23) LANDING ON RUNWAY 17 AT SUGARLAND AIRPORT BOUNCED ON RUNWAY. CAME BACK DOWN TO RUNWAY STRIKING THE NOSE GEAR. AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. AIRCRAFT TRAVELED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT CROSSING THE PARALLEL TAXI-WAY COMING TO REST IN A DITCH.  RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR, PROPELLER, THE COWLING AND WRINKLED SKIN ABOVE THE COCKPIT.

## 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 FTW97LA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA234), Jun 25, 1997: Cessna 182Q (N96TJ), Sugar Land, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper landing flare and improper recovery from a bounced 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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