# Accident 20120819019349A: Cessna 182F, Hood River, OR, August 19, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2012, 18:00 local time
- Place: Hood River, OR
- Airport: Ken Jernstedt Airfield
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6703° N, 121.5350° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6703&lon=-121.5350&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34SR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N34SR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182F (registry code 2072714, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 55 total, 7 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12CA399](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA399) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120819019349A

## Narrative

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

AND HAD ONLY RECENTLY BEEN ENDORSED TO FLY IT AFTER NEARLY AN HOUR SIGHT SEEING THE PILOT RETURNED TO HOOD RIVER.  THE WINDS WERE STILL ROUGHLY IN THE SAME DIRECTION, BUT INSTEAD OF ABATING, THEY  WERE NOW 18 G 25. THE APPROACH AND LANDING SEEMED FINE, BUT AFTER SETTING DOWN ON THE RUNWAY THE WIND GUSTED AND THE PLANE BECAME AIRBORNE AND THE LANDED AGAIN THIS TIME RATHER HARD AND NOT QUITE ALIGNED WITH THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT NOW ENTERED A SERIES OF PILOT INDUCED OSCILLATIONS.  THE PILOT HIMSELF HAD NEVER ENCOUNTERED PIO'S IN HIS TRAINING SO HE JUST TRIED TO RIDE IT OUT, AND EVENTUALLY DID.  SHAKEN THE PILOT TAXIED BACK TO THE HANGAR AND REPORTED A HARD LANDING.  THE ENGINE AND PROPELLER SEEMED FINE AND THERE WAS JUST SOME WINKLING ON A BELLY PANEL.  LATER WHEN THE MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO DECOWL THE PLANE AND TAKE A CLOSER LOOK IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FIREWALL WAS SERIOUSLY DAMAGED AND THEN THIS BECAME A ACCIDENT.

## 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 WPR12CA399](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA399), Aug 20, 2012: Cessna 182F (N34SR), Hood River, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare and inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.

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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