# NTSB CEN14CA402: Cessna 182R, N9836H, Pine Bluff, AR, July 29, 2014 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: July 29, 2014, 11:15 local (16:15 UTC) - Place: Pine Bluff, AR - Coordinates: 34.1725, -91.935836 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1725&lon=-91.9358&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 September 2, 2014 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 89789 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN14CA402 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/89789/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89789 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA402 ## Probable cause The inadvertent aerodynamic stall during landing in crosswind conditions. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182R, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072731), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182R, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md?model=2072731), [All aircraft, 1,269 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md) - [Wind: crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation; cases with it: [Cessna 182R, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md?model=2072731), [All aircraft, 1,008 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/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 182R, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2072731), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md) - [Landing: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241); cases with it: [Cessna 182R, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241/sequence.md?model=2072731), [All aircraft, 1,529 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot stated that he was in the traffic pattern about 700 feet higher than normal and intended to make a short field landing to runway 36. He turned onto the final approach, reduced the throttle to idle, extended flaps, and trimmed the airplane for 60 knots. The pilot crabbed the airplane into the wind which he noted to be from 060 degrees at 11 knots. Just prior to touchdown he applied left rudder to align the nose of the airplane with the runway. A gust of wind raised the right wing and the airplane landed hard. After landing, he taxied the airplane to a hangar on the airfield. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the firewall. The pilot later stated that the airplane stalled during landing when the right wing was raised. ## Factual narrative The pilot stated that he was in the traffic pattern about 700 feet higher than normal and intended to make a short field landing to runway 36. He turned onto the final approach, reduced the throttle to idle, extended flaps, and trimmed the airplane for 60 knots. The pilot crabbed the airplane into the wind which he noted to be from 060 degrees at 11 knots. Just prior to touchdown he applied left rudder to align the nose of the airplane with the runway. A gust of wind raised the right wing and the airplane landed hard. After landing, he taxied the airplane to a hangar on the airfield. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the firewall. The pilot later stated that the airplane stalled during landing when the right wing was raised. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9836H](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9836H), registered now, S/N 18268057, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R - Registry model: [Cessna 182R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (registry code 2072731) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18268057 - Year built: 1981 - Engines: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Lain Charles M - Registered owner: Lain Charles M - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: PBF, Pine Bluff, AR - Destination: PBF, Pine Bluff, AR - Airport: PBF, Grider Field, runway 36, 5,998 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 64; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review June 26, 2013; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 2,848 total, 1,009 in this make and model, 2,719 as pilot in command, 119 in the last 90 days, 19 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 60° at 11 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 61 °F - Altimeter: 30.15 inHg - Observed at: KPBF ## 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 20140729011449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140729011449A), Jul 29, 2014: Cessna 182R, Pine Bluff, AR, Substantial damage. On July 29, 2014, at approximately 1130 CDT, N9836H, a Cessna 182R aircraft, registered to a commercial pilot/flight instructor, attempted landing at the Pine… ## Other investigations on N9836H (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 FTW88LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88LA122), Jun 17, 1988: Cessna 182R (N9836H), Garden City, TX, substantial damage ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 25, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89789. 1.7 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 1.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40415635&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - FAA Inspector's Statement (item 2, .PDF, 26 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40415636&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=FAA%20Inspector%27s%20Statement-Redacted.PDF - Memorandum for Record - Pilot (item 3, .PDF, 34 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40415637&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20for%20Record%20-%20Pilot-Redacted.PDF - Photo 1 - Airplane Firewall (Photo Courtesy of FAA) (item 4, .PDF, 619 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40415638&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%20-%20Airplane%20Firewall%20(Photo%20Courtesy%20of%20FAA)-Master.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.