# Accident 19980816029749A: Cessna 182L, Saint George, UT, August 16, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1998, 16:00 local time
- Place: Saint George, UT
- Airport: Saint George Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1806° N, 113.5996° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1806&lon=-113.5996&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42631, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N42631) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182L (registry code 2072726, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182L
- Reported engine: CONT O470S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 166 total, 20 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA373](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA373) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980816029749A

## Narrative

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

(.4)THE PILOT 'CRABBED' INTO THE WIND AS HE APPROACHED RUNWAY 16 (6,101 FEET X 100 FEET, ASPHALT) FOR LANDING. HE REMOVED THE CRAB ANGLE WITH OPPOSITE RUDDER JUST BEFORE TOUCHING DOWN.  THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN 'SOFTLY,' THEN LIFTED OFF. THE PILOT PUSHED THE CONTROL YOKE FORWARD AND THE AIRPLANE SETTLED BACK TO THE RUNWAY.  WHEN HE FLARED THE SECOND TIME, THE AIRPLANE LANDED 'FIRMLY.'  THE NOSE 'CAME UP FAST,' CAUSING THE STALL WARNING HORN TO SOUND.  THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN 'VERY HARD.'  THE AIRPLANE WAS 'BUCKING OR BOUNCING' AND VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, COLLAPSING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR.  THE PILOT THEORIZED THAT 'A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE NOSE TO COME UP FAST, THEN SLAMMED DOWN HARD CAUSING NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE,' ALTHOUGH HE MADE NO MENTION OF WIND GUSTS IN THE WEATHER SECTION OF HIS REPORT. HE ALSO THEORIZED THAT THE SECOND TOUCH DOWN WAS 'TOO HEAVY ON THE NOSE GEAR,' CAUSING THE SHOCK ABSORBER TO COMPRESS AND ALLOW THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND.  A WITNESS SAID THE AIRPLANE'S APPROACH SPEED APPEARED TO BE 'HOT,' AND THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED THREE TIMES.                         (-23) MADE HARD LANDING, BOUNCED, RAN OFF RUNWAY. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## 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 FTW98LA373](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA373), Aug 16, 1998: Cessna 182L (N42631), St. George, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane. Factors were excessive airspeed and allowing the airplane to porpoise with subsequent loss of directional control.

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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