# NTSB ATL89DEK01: Cessna 182Q, N735VZ, Columbus, OH, January 18, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: January 18, 1989, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Coordinates: 40.009754, -82.920379 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0098&lon=-82.9204&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 5, 1991
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7823
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL89DEK01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7823/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89DEK01

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S IMPROPER FLARED AND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING.  A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE GUSTY WIND CONDITION.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT RPRTD THAT WHILE LANDING, HE 'OVERFLARED' AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND. HE SAID HE THEN OVERCORRECTED. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT LANDED HARD & BOUNCED ABOUT 2 TIMES. THE PLT TAXIED TO THE RAMP, THEN AFTER PARKING, DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON THE PROP & NOSE GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N735VZ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N735VZ-1996-07-12), registration cancelled 1996-07-12, S/N 18265731 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18265731
- Airframe hours: 158
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: John W. Kruetzkamp
- Registered owner: John W Kruetzkamp
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 1, 1988, 4 hours before
- Departed: LUK, CINCINNATI, OH
- Destination: CMH
- Airport: CMH, Port Columbus Intl, runway 23, 4,483 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 786 total, 589 in this make and model, 670 as pilot in command, 38 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

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.

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