# Accident 20210508008229A: Cessna 182Q, San Bernardino, CA, May 8, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2021, 11:30 local time
- Place: San Bernardino, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0954° N, 117.2349° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0954&lon=-117.2349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54PW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54PW) (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 MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 462 total, 344 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA188) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210508008229A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT ON 05/08/2021, HE WAS FLYING IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 06 AT KSBD WITH A LESS EXPERIENCED AIRMAN IN THE LEFT SEAT. THE PILOT DECIDED TO BEGIN PRACTICING LANDING FROM THE RIGHT SEAT, A PRACTICE HE HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY ATTEMPTED FROM THE RIGHT SEAT OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF AIRCRAFT. KSBD WEATHER WAS REPORTING A TAILWIND FOR RUNWAY 06 AND THE PILOT ASSUMED PIC AND CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE DOWNWIND LEG WHILE FLYING FROM THE RIGHT SEAT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED DURING LANDING AND THAT HE RESPONDED BY PUSHING THE YOKE FORWARD AND ADDING FULL, OR NEARLY FULL, THROTTLE. THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE GROUND ON THE NOSEWHEEL LANDING GEAR, WHICH STRUCTURALLY FAILED. THE NOSEWHEEL ITSELF PHYSICALLY DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH STRUCK ALL THREE BLADES OF ITS PROPELLER, AND SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED DOWN THE RUNWAY IN THIS STATE, VEERING TO THE RIGHT AND DEPARTING THE RUNWAY SURFACE INTO AN AREA OF DIRT AND ROCKS AT THE RUNWAY BOUNDARY, BEFORE COMING TO REST.

## 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 WPR21LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA188), May 8, 2021: Cessna 182Q (N54PW), San Bernardino, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing and his subsequent inadequate pitch and airplane control during a go around which resulted in a nose landing gear collapse.

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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