# NTSB CEN22LA148: Cessna 182, N8585S, Moberly, MO, March 15, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: March 15, 2022, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Moberly, MO
- Coordinates: 39.464394, -92.428394 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4644&lon=-92.4284&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: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA Kansas City FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 104815
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN22LA148
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104815/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104815
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA148

## Probable cause

The student pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced hard landing.

## 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 · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182J, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072722), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182J, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=2072722), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182J, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2072722), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/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 182J, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2072722), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The solo student pilot reported that, during touchdown, the airplane bounced twice before he added power, and landed without further incident. A postaccident examination revealed the underside of the fuselage sustained substantial damage. The student pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8585S](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8585S), registered now, S/N 18256685, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182 (J)
- Registry model: [Cessna 182J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182j) (registry code 2072722) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18256685
- Year built: 1965
- Airframe hours: 4693.73
- Engines: Continental Motors O-470 -R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 17, 2021
- Airport: MBY, Omar N. Bradley Airport, runway 31, 5,000 × 75 ft, concrete
- Equipment: ADS-B

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 36; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review March 15, 2022; seat: left; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 36 total, 27 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,900 ft broken
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter: 30.14 inHg
- Observed at: KMBY
- METAR: KMBY 151955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN049 18/05 A3014 RMK AO2

## 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 20220315003809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220315003809A), Mar 15, 2022: Cessna 182J, Moberly, MO, Substantial damage. March 15, 2022. N8585S was making a landing at the Omar n. Bradley airport in Moberly, MO. When the solo student pilot failed to negotiate his round out and…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 19, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104815. 3.4 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 1.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13615867&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%20Form%206120_1%20Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Accident photographs (item 2, PDF, 4 pages, 1.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13614754&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Accident%20Photographs-Rel.pdf
- Additional document (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 208 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13617244&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Additional%20Document%20Redacted-Rel.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.

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