# Accident 19980918025459A: Cessna 182K, Eldon, MO, September 18, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1998, 16:55 local time
- Place: Eldon, MO
- Airport: Eldon Model Airpark Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3497° N, 92.5693° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3497&lon=-92.5693&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3054Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182K
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 397 total, 244 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA358](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA358) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980918025459A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LANDED ON RWY 18 BOUNCED THREE TIME AND ON THE THIRD BOUNCE, THE NOSE GEARA COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLER BENT, THE ACFT SLID TO A STOP APPROX 75' FROM THE END OF THE RWY.(-23) DURING LANDING, AIRCRAFT BOUNCED THREE TIMES. ON THIRD LANDING, HIT NOSE GEAR AND COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP APPROXIMATED 75 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY. (.4) THE PILOT OF THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE SAID THAT HE FLARED HIGH. HE SAID HE PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE FOR THE FLARE AND THE AIRPLANE PORPOISED. HE SAID THAT HE MAINTAINED YOKE POSITION THROUGH THE THIRD BOUNCE AND THEN RELAXED THE YOKE POSITION. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE FIREWALL BUCKLED. THE PILOT, IN HIS PILOT REPORT REGARDING OWNER SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS STATED: 'MORE FLIGHT TIME AND MORE FREQUENT TRIPS AND LANDING PRACTICE'.

## 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 CHI98LA358](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA358), Sep 18, 1998: Cessna 182K (N3054Q), Eldon, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's not correcting for a porpoise condition during landing roll.

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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