- Date
- September 1, 1989, 17:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Moab, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N42027Cessna 182L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890901034229A
- Case key
- 17778
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Probable cause
Inadequate compensation for the wind conditions by the pilot, and his failure to attain a flare. The unfavorable (variable & gusty) wind condition was a related factor.
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 plt and his wife were making a x-country flight. Rprtdly, when he landed, the wind was variable from 270 to 300 deg at 10 to 15 KTS with gusts to 20 KTS. The plt said that at touchdown, the plane encountered a wind gust and landed hard. He said he made a go-around and landed on rwy 3 without further incident. After landing, he found a wrinkle in the fuselage and an A&P mechanic discovered damage to the firewall. Density alt was about 7500 ft at the arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42027
- Reported as
- Cessna 182L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18258818
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ogden Air Service
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- PGA · Page, AZ
- Destination
- CNY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CNY · Canyonlands, runway 21, 6,000 × 75 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 132 total · 14 in this make and model · 84 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.