- Date
- April 9, 2022, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hebbronville, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N978CCessna 182Q
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards
- FAA report
- 20220409005219A
- Case key
- 104940
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilots improper landing flare which resulted in a hard landing and loss of airplane control.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he flared too high resulting in a hard landing. The airplane bounced, drifted to the right, and went through a fence colliding with some trees. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the leading edge of the right wing as well as the right horizontal stabilizer and elevator. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N978C
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18267017
- Built
- 1979
- Airframe hours
- 3,096.1
- Engine
- Continental Motors IO-550-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- La Avioneta LLC
- Registered owner
- La Avioneta LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 3, 2022
- Departed
- PVT · Hebronville, TX
- Destination
- PVT · Hebronville, TX
- Airport
- PVT · Stark Ranch, runway --, 2,900 × 75 ft, gravel
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction display
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
- 67
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 26, 2020
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 339 total · 37 in this make and model · 166 as pilot in command · 2.6 in the last 90 days · 1.3 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 13 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.13 inHg
- Observed at
- KHBV, 4 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KHBV 091635Z AUTO 18013G18KT 7SM CLR 26/10 A3013
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 2, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 11.6 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.