- Date
- June 8, 1991, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Fe, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8494MCessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910608020609A
- Case key
- 18096
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Probable cause
The pilot misjudged the flare during landing.
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
During an attempted landing, the pilot misjudged the height of the aircraft during the landing flare, resulting in a hard landing. The nose gear subsequently separated from the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8494M
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18264630
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Capital Aviation
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SAF · Santa Fe Municipal, runway 15, 6,304 × 150 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 98 total · 7 in this make and model · 39 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °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.