# NTSB DEN84LA189: Cessna 182K, N3039Q, Las Cruces, NM, June 20, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 20, 1984, 11:02 local (17:02 UTC)
- Place: Las Cruces, NM
- Coordinates: 32.289966, -106.750572 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2900&lon=-106.7506&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16408
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84LA189
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16408/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA189

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING LANDING THE ACFT BALLOONED, STALLED AND CONTACTED THE RWY HARD ENOUGH TO BREAK OFF THE NOSE GEAR. THE PLT ADDED PWR AND ABORTED THE LANDING. ACFT WAS THEN LANDED IN A SANDY AREA ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY WHERE IT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3039Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3039Q-1989-12-11), registration cancelled 1989-12-11, S/N 18258039 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182K
- Registry model: [Cessna 182K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182k) (registry code 2072724) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18258039
- Airframe hours: 3500
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Quebec Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 31, 1984
- Departed: CNM, CARLSBAD, NM
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: LRU, Las Cruces-Crawford, runway 8, 6,071 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 118 total, 118 in this make and model, 71 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 80° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °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 19840620025889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840620025889A), Jun 20, 1984: Cessna 182K, Las Cruces, NM, Destroyed. Sheared off the nose gear after bouncing on a landing attempt. Went around landed off airport and nosed over.

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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