- Date
- January 18, 1992, 20:00 local (Jan 19, 1992, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Monee, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7529NCessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920118005709A
- Case key
- 15406
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Probable cause
The pilot misjudged the landing flare and touchdown. A related factor was: the dark night light conditions.
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.
Analysis
The pilot reported he was practicing night takeoffs and landings. After making four or five landings at a large, well-lit airport, he returned to his smaller home airport to practice crosswind landings. He stated that the approach to landing seemed normal, but the touchdown was 'harder and louder than what I considered normal.' After the flight, he consulted a mechanic and inspected the airplane for damage, but did not notice anything unusual. Later, during maintenance, damage was found that was attributed to a hard landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7529N
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18263232
- Airframe hours
- 2,800
- Engine
- Continental O470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Clark, John A
- Registered owner
- Clark, John A
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 16, 1991 · 146 hours before
- Departed
- IKK · Kankakee, IL
- Airport
- C56 · Monee-Sanger, runway 27, 2,300 × 32 ft, asphalt
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,090 total · 391 in this make and model · 909 as pilot in command · 78 in the last 90 days · 31 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 220° at 10 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 25 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7529N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.