- Date
- September 5, 1988, 16:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Hendersonville, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2636RCessna 182K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880905039499A
- Case key
- 7808
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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 pilot was nearing touchdown on a normal landing when the left side of the windscreen was struck by a bird. The startled pilot was distracted long enough for the aircraft to bounce on the runway. Elevator control was lost after the first bounce. A nose low landing occurred next followed by collapsing of the nose gear and a loss of directional control.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2636R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18258336
- Airframe hours
- 2,915
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- George Bond/Grady Wilson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 21, 1988 · 81 hours before
- Departed
- SA3 · Boone, NC
- Airport
- 0A7 · Hendersonville, runway 32, 3,075 × 40 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,353 total · 25 in this make and model · 1,440 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.