# NTSB CHI97LA165: Cessna 182RG, N736YZ, Kansas City, MO, May 21, 1997

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 21, 1997, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Coordinates: 39.150817, -94.579772 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1508&lon=-94.5798&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 26, 1998
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 10593
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI97LA165
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/10593/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA165

## Probable cause

the pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing.  A factor relating to the accident was the excessive airspeed.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The pilot flew to Olathe, Kansas with two passengers and returned. While landing at Kansas City Downtown Airport, the airplane landed hard. The pilot's attorney stated that the 'Pilot came in . . . hot, fast, and high, and had a hard landing.'  The airplane received substantial damage, which included deformation of the fuselage (right side) and deformation of the right main gear.

## Factual narrative

On May 21, 1997, at 1730 central daylight time, a Cessna 182RG, N736YZ, operated by Phoenix Aviation, Kansas City, Missouri, sustained substantial damage while landing at Downtown Airport, Kansas City, Missouri.  The commercial pilot reported no injuries.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local 14 Part 91 flight.  No flight plan was on file.

In the FAA's Accident Investigation Record, it states that the pilot flew from Kansas City, Missouri, to Olathe, Kansas, with two passengers.  The pilot then returned to Kansas City and during the hard landing caused "...substantial damage to the aircraft."

Attempts to get a statement from the pilot were unsuccessful.  The pilot declined questioning.  In speaking with the pilot's attorney, he stated that the "Pilot came in... ... hot, fast, and high, and had a hard landing."  A second copy of the 6120.1/2 was faxed to the attorney's office for the pilot for completion of blocks left blank.  No reply was ever received.  The letter is an attachment to this file.

Damage to the aircraft consisted of deformation of the right side fuselage and right main gear.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N736YZ](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N736YZ), registered now, S/N R18200796, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182RG
- Registry model: [Cessna R182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (registry code 2072734) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R18200796
- Airframe hours: 2636
- Engines: Lycoming O-540-J3C5 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Peter Webster
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 30, 1996, 100 hours before
- Departed: OJC, OLATHE, KS
- Destination: MKC
- Airport: MKC, Kansas City Downtown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19970521039829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970521039829A), May 21, 1997: Cessna R182, Kansas City, MO, Substantial damage. Damaged aircraft on bad landing.

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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