# NTSB DEN84LA306: Cessna 182, N97852, Salt Lake City, UT, September 22, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 22, 1984, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Location: 40.7608° N, 111.8910° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salt Lake City, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7608&lon=-111.8910&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16495
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84LA306
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16495/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA306

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper descent rate - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PLT THE SOUTHERLY WIND WAS GUSTING TO AN UNKNOWN INTENSITY AND WIND SHEAR WAS ENCOUNTERED DURING LANDING. GROUND CONTACT OCCURRED IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N97852](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N97852), registered now, S/N 18267222, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18267222
- Airframe hours: 351
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-V 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Utah National Securities
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 11, 1984, 42 hours before
- Departed: U42
- Airport: U42, West Jordan, runway 16, 5,604 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 68; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,500 total, 2,500 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19840922056599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840922056599A), Sep 22, 1984: Cessna 182Q, Salt Lake City, UT, Substantial damage. Made a hard landing in gusty suerface winds. Impact was nose wheel first.

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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