# Accident 19990620007379A: Cessna 182M, Redmond, OR, June 20, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1999, 18:02 local time
- Place: Redmond, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2599° N, 121.2207° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2599&lon=-121.2207&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91816, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182M (registry code 2072728, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182M
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA99LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990620007379A

## Narrative

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

ACFT FLEW NORMAL LANDING PATTERN, HARD LANDING, BROKE NOSE GEAR AND DAMAGED PROP. (.19) ON JUNE 20, 1999, AT 1802 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 182, N91816, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A HARD LANDING AT ROBERTS FIELD, REDMOND, OREGON.  THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE LOCAL FLIGHT, FOR WHICH NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.  THERE WAS NO REPORT OF AN ELT ACTUATING. ACCORDING TO FAA AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL, THE AIRPLANE FLEW A NORMAL LANDING PATTERN AND HAD A HARD LANDING, WHICH COLLAPSED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR.  FAA INSPECTORS STATED THAT EVERYTHING FORWARD OF THE DOOR POSTS WAS BENT, AND THE NOSE GEAR HAD COLLAPSED FORWARD.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD DEPARTED REDMOND EN ROUTE TO ROSEBURG, OREGON, AND THAT A FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVED IN TO THE AREA AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.  HE SAID HE DECIDED TO RETURN TO REDMOND.   HE STATED THAT WHILE LANDING, HE EXPERIENCED WIND SHEAR AND DAMAGED THE FRONT LANDING GEAR.  IN HIS WRITTEN REPORT, HE STATED THAT WINDS WERE 20 KNOTS.  WEATHER REPORTS AT REDMOND AT 1755 INDICATED WINDS AT 340 AT 9 KNOTS, AND AT 1855 AT 330 AT 11 KNOTS.                                        (-23)HARD LANDING AFTER PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND. UPON LANDING, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.  PILOT RAN FROM SCENE, NOT AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONING.  NO INURIES.

## 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 SEA99LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA094), Jun 21, 1999: Cessna 182 (N91816), Redmond, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare.

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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