# Accident 20021110032819A: Cessna 182Q, Los Angeles, CA, November 10, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 2002, 16:39 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Whiteman Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2500° N, 118.4000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2500&lon=-118.4000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N735ZT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N735ZT) (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 O470*
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 40 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021110032819A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON NOVEMBER 10, 2002, ABOUT 1639 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 182Q, N735ZT, MADE A HARD LANDING AT WHITEMAN FIELD, PACOIMA, CALIFORNIA. THE 3D AIRCRAFT CORPORATION WAS OPERATING THE RENTAL AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE PRIVATE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED; THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PERSONAL CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT DEPARTED PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, ABOUT 1500 EN ROUTE TO PACOIMA. DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE PILOT NOTIFIED THE SAFETY BOARD ON DECEMBER 5 THAT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DISCOVERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE WINDS WERE HIGH AND THERE WAS A SLIGHT CROSSWIND. HE WAS ON SHORT FINAL FOR RUNWAY 30 AND THE PLANE DROPPED HARD TO THE RUNWAY. (-23) ON 11/10/02 AT 1639 HOURS, RICHARD M. SMETS, ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF A CESSNA 182, N735ZT, AND RETURNING TO WHP VFR FROM PSP, APPARENTLY ENCOUNTERED A WIND GUST/SHEAR LEADING TO A HARD LANDING. THAT LANDING CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL FOUND LATER BY MECHANICS.

## 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 LAX03LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA046), Nov 11, 2002: Cessna 182Q (N735ZT), Pacoima, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/mush and hard landing. A factor in the accident was the gusty wind.

## Other reports on N735ZT (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19781006031329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781006031329I), Oct 6, 1978: Cessna 182 (N735ZT), Monument Valley, UT, Minor damage. Hard landing due to inadequate airspeed, landing gear damaged.

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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