# NTSB CEN09CA191: Cessna 182Q, N759YH, Clinton, AR, January 25, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: January 25, 2009, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Clinton, AR
- Coordinates: 35.650554, -92.403892 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6506&lon=-92.4039&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 11, 2009
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73441
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN09CA191
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73441/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA191

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper flare, resulting in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the gust of wind as reported by the pilot.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182Q, 14 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md)
- [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Not specified (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182Q, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182Q, 34 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182Q, 15 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Cessna 182Q, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that he experienced a "wind-shift and gust" upon landing. The pilot further reported that the airplane encountered a tailwind and hit the runway hard. During the impact, the nosewheel tire "blew-out" and the airplane's propeller struck the runway. An examination of the airplane following the accident revealed that the firewall sustained substantial damage.

## Factual narrative

The pilot reported that he experienced a "wind-shift and gust" upon landing. The pilot further reported that the airplane "caught" a tailwind and hit the runway hard. During the impact, the nose wheel tire "blew-out" and the airplane's propeller struck the runway. An examination of the airplane following the accident revealed that the firewall sustained substantial damage.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N759YH](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N759YH), registered now, S/N 18266361, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18266361
- Airframe hours: 4247
- Engines: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 1, 2008
- Departed: 2A2, Clinton, AR
- Destination: 2A2, Clinton, AR
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: 2A2, Holley Mountain, runway 23, 4,795 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review August 16, 2008; seat: left; flight hours: 129 total, 70 in this make and model, 68 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 8 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility: 10 statute miles

## 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 20090125004309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090125004309A), Jan 25, 2009: Cessna 182Q, Clinton, AR, Substantial damage. (-23) On January 25th 2009, at 1500 CST a Cessna 182Q, N759YH registered to [privacy data omitted] made a hard landing at Holley Mountain Airpark (2A2) in…

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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