# NTSB investigations: Cessna 182M: Hard landing NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports. ## Latest cases - [NTSB SEA99LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA156.md): Cessna 182M · Sandpoint, ID · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 4, 1999 · N71685 · Substantial damage > The pilot's improper flare. Factors include a runway that sloped uphill, and the pilot's failure to familiarize himself with the destination airstrip prior to departure. - [NTSB SEA99LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA094.md): Cessna 182 · Redmond, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 21, 1999 · N91816 · Substantial damage > The pilot's improper flare. - [NTSB CHI93LA317](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93LA317.md): Cessna 182M · Ironwood, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 21, 1993 · N91705 · Substantial damage > The pilot's improper flare for landing. - [NTSB BFO92LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92LA063.md): Cessna 182M · Vandalia, OH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 13, 1992 · N71879 · Substantial damage > Control interference by a passenger during touchdown. - [NTSB LAX91LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA007.md): Cessna 182M · Bakersfield, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 7, 1990 · N70892 · Substantial damage > The pilot failed to properly recover from the bounced landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of familiarity with the airplane. - [NTSB CHI90LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA178.md): Cessna 182 · Rich Hill, MO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 27, 1990 · N71818 · Substantial damage > Inadequate landing flare by the pilot. - [NTSB SEA88LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA146.md): Cessna 182 · Veradale, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 7, 1988 · N71035 · Destroyed > The pilot stated a high sink rate developed on final approach which he was unable to arrest with power. Acft landed hard and short, contacting a 3-FT berm at end of grass strip. During roll-out, flames were noted in aft cabin area. Occupants exited and acft… - [NTSB LAX88LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA219.md): Cessna 182M · Flagstaff, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 27, 1988 · N70618 · Substantial damage > At the end of a local flight, the plt was landing in gusting conditions in excess of 30 knots. According to the pilot the approach was faster than normal due to a sick passenger. On touchdown the nosewheel touched first and the airplane began a porpoising… - [NTSB MKC86LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA096.md): Cessna 182M · Mountain Home, AR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 23, 1986 · N71551 · Substantial damage > The acft nose gear collapsed during a hard landing. The plt stated that his original destination was gastons arpt, lakeview, AR, which has a turf rwy. There are three other arpts in close proximity to gastons, but all have paved rwys. He further stated that… - [NTSB NYC86LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA075.md): Cessna 182M · Indiana, PA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 16, 1986 · N71770 · Substantial damage > Cessna 182 landed in deep snow off the right side of the runway. The aircraft touched down hard broke the nose wheel and the Cessna flipped over and received substantial damage. There was no fire. There were no injuries to the pilot and one passenger.. The… - [NTSB FTW85LA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA301.md): Cessna 182M · Tulia, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 4, 1985 · N71846 · Substantial damage > The student plt, with 2 hrs total night experience, flared high on final and stalled the acft, which subsequently landed hard on the nose gear, during a night practice flt. The plt stated that the red instrument lights would not work when he turned them on.… - [NTSB FTW85LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA228.md): Cessna 182M · Chickasha, OK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 17, 1985 · N71351 · Substantial damage > The acft bounced during landing and the student plt allowed the acft to porpoise. The nose gear, engine firewall and propeller were damaged. This was the student's first solo flt. His last 2.7 hrs of dual flt instruction consisted of 18 practice touch and go… ## The whole list in SQL Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS: ```sql SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1 WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2072728') AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 200)) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2072728&occurrence=200 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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