# NTSB CHI91LA119: Cessna 182P, N91376, Loup City, NE, March 21, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 21, 1991, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Loup City, NE
- Coordinates: 41.269172, -98.960044 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2692&lon=-98.9600&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 8, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15032
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI91LA119
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15032/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA119

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S IMPROPER LANDING/TOUCHDOWN.  A RELATED FACTOR WAS THE PILOT'S LACK OF TOTAL FLIGHT EXPERIENCE.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - touchdown - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - bent
  - porpoise/pilot-induced oscillation, pilot in command

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT HIS APPROACH AND LANDING FLARE SEEMED NORMAL. SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE PITCHED UP, AND THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT CAME TO A STOP.  THE PILOT HAD 85 HOURS TOTAL FLIGHT EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING 23 HOURS IN THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N91376](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91376), registered now, S/N 18261990, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18261990
- Airframe hours: 2271
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470R35 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Aero, Inc.
- Registered owner: Aero, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 20, 1990, 38 hours before
- Airport: NE03, Loup City, runway 15, 3,200 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 85 total, 23 in this make and model, 45 as pilot in command, 17 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F

## 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 19910321009389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910321009389A), Mar 21, 1991: Cessna 182P, Loup City, NE, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing damaging prop nose gear and firewall.

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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