# Accident 20240626006989A: Cessna C182F, Cordova, AK, June 26, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2024, 12:30 local time
- Place: Cordova, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.6491° N, 144.7585° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.6491&lon=-144.7585&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3411U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3411U) (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 C182F
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 700 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC24LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240626006989A

## Narrative

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

PIC REPORTED THAT AT TREETOP LEVEL IN DESCENT FOR LANDING, AIRCRAFT LOST LIFT AND SLAMMED INTO GROUND, DAMAGING NOSEWHEEL. PIC STATED HE HAD NO TIME TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND, AND THAT THE DAMAGED NOSEWHEEL CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER OFF THE LANDING AREA TO THE LEFT INTO THE BUSHES. ONCE THERE, THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER SINCE THIS LANDING AREA IS A FORMER ROAD AND THERE ARE DRAINAGE DITCHES ON THE SIDES. PIC REPORTED NO INDICATION OF WIND ON THE GROUND AT WINDSOCK, AND NO INDICATION OF WIND ALOFT, BUT IT IS CLEAR THERE WAS WIND ALOFT, SINCE HE LOST THE LIFT FROM THIS WIND ONCE BELOW TREETOP LEVEL. PIC SAID HE WAS AT NORMAL APPROACH SPEED, WITH FULL FLAPS.

## 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 ANC24LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA058), Jun 26, 2024: Cessna 182F (N3411U), Cordova, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing.

## Other reports on N3411U (1)

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

- [Accident 19730316006539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730316006539A), Mar 16, 1973: Cessna 182F (N3411U), Beatty, NV, Substantial damage. Acft lndd nse dn and porpoised four times. On last touchdown nse gr collapsed.

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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