- Date
- March 18, 1989, 08:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place
- Pickens, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757MYCessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 8002
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Probable cause
Improper flare by the pilot and inadequate supervision of the flight by the other crew member.
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
A civil air patrol airplane landed hard while the two qualified pilots were practicing a simulated forced landing immediately after takeoff. The pilot, who was operating the controls, was considered the pilot-in-command (PIC) on this flight, although the other pilot was an instructor (CFI). Shortly after lift-off, the CFI reduced power to simulate a power loss. The PIC landed on the remaining rwy, but the airplane touched down hard, which resulted in damage to the airframe.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757MY
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18266224
- Airframe hours
- 1,036
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Civil Air Patrol
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 30, 1988 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- GMU · Greenville, SC
- Airport
- LGK · Pickens County, runway 22, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 711 total · 4 in this make and model · 650 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F