- Date
- May 13, 1992, 16:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Vandalia, OH
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N71879Cessna 182M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920513019519A
- Case key
- 11788
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Probable cause
Control interference by a passenger during touchdown.
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 stated he was cleared to land on runway 6R and was told to hold short of runway 36 for landing traffic. At the time of the clearance, the wind was coming from a magnetic heading of 010 degrees at 15 knots, gusting to 22 knots. During the flare/touchdown on runway 6R, the right seat passenger noticed an airplane landing on the intersecting runway. The passenger did not know that the pilot was aware of the converging traffic. She grabbed the pilot's arm, interfering with the controls, and shouted that there was an airplane in front of them. Consequently, the airplane landed hard and bounced a few times before a controlled rollout was established. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the firewall, nose gear assembly, fuselage aft of the firewall, and propeller. The pilot stated that this accident may have been avoided if the passenger was wearing a headset.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71879
- Reported as
- Cessna 182M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18259789
- Airframe hours
- 3,595
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Polish Blue Aero, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Polish Blue Aero, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 28, 1992 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- PAH · Paducah, KY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- DAY · James M. Cox-Dayton Intl, runway 6, 7,000 × 150 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 181 total · 28 in this make and model · 130 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 15 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 13,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAY, 1 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.
Other investigations on N71879 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.