# NTSB ATL92LA149: Cessna 182A, N5532B, Aiken, SC, August 1, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 1, 1992, 14:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place: Aiken, SC
- Coordinates: 33.539669, -81.719909 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5397&lon=-81.7199&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 29, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 8639
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL92LA149
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/8639/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92LA149

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S DIVERTED ATTENTION WHICH RESULTED IN THE IMPROPER USE OF THE ELEVATOR AND INADVERTENT PORPOISE.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - raising of flaps - attempted, pilot in command
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - elevator - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - porpoise/pilot-induced oscillation - inadvertent, pilot in command
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LANDED & ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT THE FLAPS. WHILE ATTENTIVE TO THE FLAP SWITCH, WHICH APPEARED TO BE STUCK, THE PILOT SAID, THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE, AGAIN. IT WAS RE-LANDED, WHICH DAMAGED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRPLANE THEN PORPOISED, BOUNCED TWICE, & ON THE THIRD LANDING, HIT HARD. DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST & THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE RIGHT INTO TREES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5532B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5532B-1996-03-04), registration cancelled 1996-03-04, S/N 33532 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (registry code 2072702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 33532
- Airframe hours: 5242
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L1B 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Other work use, Part 91
- Registered owner: Rodriques, George C.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 18, 1992, 20 hours before
- Departed: NONE
- Airport: NONE, Sizemore Airpark, runway 13, 2,500 × 150 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,375 total, 220 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: AGS, 15 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920801028609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920801028609A), Aug 1, 1992: Cessna 182A, Aiken, SC, Substantial damage. Unable radio contact on sky diving flight. Returned. Bounced and propoised landing. Lost control,veered into trees

## Other investigations on N5532B (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI66D0682](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66D0682), Mar 17, 1966: Cessna 182 (N5532B), Watertown, WI, substantial damage

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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