- Date
- February 12, 1987, 18:24 local (Feb 13, 1987, 00:24 UTC)
- Place
- Mobile, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5448NCessna 182R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870212005359A
- Case key
- 7378
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student plt was making a second attempt to land after a hard ldg, bounce, and subsequent go-around. On the first attempt, the acft touched down hard on all three wheels and swerved to the rt. The student plt reportedly pulled the nose up and the acft began to porpoise. The CFI assumed control and attempted to minimize the bounce. Later examination of the acft revealed damage to the nose gear and firewall. The CFI reported that both he and the student had been awake for 14 hrs and had flown nearly 8 hrs at the time of the mishap.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5448N
- Reported as
- Cessna 182R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18267722
- Airframe hours
- 920
- Engine
- Continental O-470U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Law Offices Of Ronnie G.Penton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 5, 1987
- Departed
- MLB · Melbourne, FL
- Destination
- MOB · Mobile, AL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MOB · Bates Field, runway 36, 4,365 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,038 total · 50 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 240° at 9 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.