- Date
- August 24, 1989, 11:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- East Lansing, MI
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6328BCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890824031549A
- Case key
- 14408
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
Improper corrective action on the part of the pilot to correct an excessive sink rate prior to landing 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.
Hard landing
Descent - excessiveFactor
Proper descent rate - not maintainedFactor
Remedial action - improperCause
Nose gear collapsed
Nose over
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6328B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34228
- Airframe hours
- 2,394
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Russell J. Mcintosh
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1989 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- Y94 · East Jordan, MI
- Airport
- 2D8 · Art Davis, runway 9, 2,530 × 180 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 200 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAN, 6 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.