# NTSB ATL89LA109: Cessna 182Q, N757MY, Pickens, SC, March 18, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 18, 1989, 08:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place: Pickens, SC
- Coordinates: 34.880813, -82.700439 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8808&lon=-82.7004&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 24, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 8002
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL89LA109
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/8002/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89LA109

## Probable cause

IMPROPER FLARE BY THE PILOT AND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF THE FLIGHT BY THE OTHER CREW MEMBER.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - emergency procedure - simulated
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, other crewmember (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18266224
- Airframe hours: 1036
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 42; 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

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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