# Incident 20160501007899I: Cessna 182P, El Monte, CA, May 1, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2016, 12:55 local time
- Place: El Monte, CA
- Airport: El Monte
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0746° N, 118.0291° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Monte, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0746&lon=-118.0291&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58646, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N58646) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 194 total, 194 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160501007899I

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH TO EL MONTE AIRPORT, TOWER CLEARED AIRCRAFT N58646 FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 010; PILOT INADVERTENTLY PASSED THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE, FLARED UP AND THE PLANE DROPPED SEVERAL FEET WITH A HARD LANDING.

INITIAL AN OCCURRENCE AS BLOWN TIRE, ON HARD LANDING. UPGRADED 5/11/2016 TO INCIDENT.

THE HARD LANDING CAUSED THE LANDING GEAR LINKAGE TO BREAK; NOSE GEAR LOWER FITTING ATTACHING PART AND ENGINE FIREWALL ATTACH POINT WERE ALSO DAMAGED DURING IMPACT. AS PILOT STATED THERE WERE NO LANDING GEAR MECHANICAL OR ANY OTHER MECHANICAL PROBLEM PRIOR TO LANDING.

NO PASSENGERS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AND PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N58646 (1)

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

- [Accident 20200507004659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200507004659A), May 7, 2020: Cessna 182P (N58646), Perris, CA, Substantial damage. The airman, landed at the Perris Valley Airport (L65). He was unfamiliar with the airport as he normally lands at french valley (F70). He realized that french…

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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