# NTSB DEN88LA073: Cessna 182R, N9393H, Pueblo, CO, January 31, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 31, 1988, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Pueblo, CO
- Coordinates: 38.35987, -104.769165 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3599&lon=-104.7692&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17450
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88LA073
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17450/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA073

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - weather condition - obscuration (contributing factor)
  - weather evaluation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - snow
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wing - ice (cause)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE INSTRUMENT RATED PVT PLT WAS COMPLETING A PERSONAL IFR FLIGHT FROM TELLURIDE, COLORADO, TO COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, WITH THREE PAX. THE DESTINATION WX WENT BELOW IFR MINIMUMS PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT'S ARRIVAL AND THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO PUEBLO, COLORADO, FOR AN INSTRUMENT LANDING. WX WAS 300 OBSCURED, VISIBILITY 1 MILE, TEMPERATURE AND DEWPOINT 30 DEGREES, WIND 090 AT 5 KNOTS, RESTRICTIONS TO VISIBILITY WERE FOG AND SNOW. DURING THE APPROACH TO RNWY 8L, WINDSCREEN ICING OCCURRED AND ICE COULD BE SEEN ON THE AIRCRAFT SURFACES. AT FLARE FOR TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWED TO 70 KNOTS AT 5 FEET OF ALTITUDE AND STALLED. A HARD LANDING RESULTED, AND THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO PARKING. NO DAMAGE WAS VISIBLE AND THIS INCIDENT WAS UNREPORTED UNTIL A MECHANIC DISCOVERED FIREWALL DAMAGE DURING A HARD LANDING INSPECTION LATER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9393H](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9393H), registered now, S/N 18267942 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- Registry model: [Cessna 182R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (registry code 2072731) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18267942
- Airframe hours: 681
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-U 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Bruce M. Wright
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 2, 1987
- Departed: TEX, TELLURIDE, CO
- Destination: COS, COLORADO SPRING, CO
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: PUB, Pueblo, runway 8L, 10,496 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 462 total, 462 in this make and model, 426 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 300 ft
- Temperature: 30 °F, dew point 30 °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 19880131003309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880131003309A), Jan 31, 1988: Cessna 182R, Pueblo, CO, Substantial damage. Made a hard landing from a stall 5 feet above runway. Windshield covered with ice. Pilot visibility was restricted.

## Other investigations on N9393H (1)

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.

- [NTSB CEN23LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA082), Jan 14, 2023: Cessna 182R (N9393H), Las Animas, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s loss of control during approach for landing and the flight instructor’s inadequate supervision of the approach and delay in ensuring a go-around was performed at the onset of a…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.