# Accident 19971024031029A: Cessna 182Q, Hamburg, CA, October 24, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1997, 13:00 local time
- Place: Hamburg, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8604° N, 123.2205° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8604&lon=-123.2205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N759TA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N759TA) (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 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 413 total, 22 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX98LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971024031029A

## Narrative

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

FAILED CHECK HIGH SINK. LANDED HARD ON NOSE GEAR AND COLLAPSED SAME. SPSINNER DUG IN ON SLIDE. 182 NOSED OVER.                                       (.19) ON OCTOBER 24, 1997, AT 1300 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 182Q, N759TA, MADE A HARD LANDING AT A DIRT STRIP IN HAMBURG, CALIFORNIA. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE; HOWEVER, NEITHER THE PILOT NOR HIS TWO PASSENGERS WERE INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS PERSONAL FLIGHT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN WILLOWS, CALIFORNIA, AT 1100 . VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT SAID HE WAS MAKING AN APPROACH TO A DIRT STRIP AND THAT HE ADDED POWER TOO LATE. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ONCE AND THEN TOUCHED DOWN A SECOND TIME. DURING ROLLOUT, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN SLIDING ON THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE COWL. THE PROPELLER'S SPINNER DUG INTO SOFT DIRT AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.

## 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 LAX98LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA023), Oct 24, 1997: Cessna 182Q (N759TA), Hamburg, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing and overload failure of the nose gear. High terrain (obstruction) near the approach end of the runway was a related factor.

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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