- Date
- January 7, 1984, 17:05 local (23:05 UTC)
- Place
- Mcallen, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- XBCPHCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 21242
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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.
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Analysis
Xb-cph, a foreign registered acft, was observed by the tower operator, to dive toward the rwy & pull up before starting to porpoise. The acft subsequently impacted the rwy striking the propeller & causing substantial airframe damage. Efforts to locate the plt were not successful.
Aircraft
- Registration
- XBCPH
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Unknown UNKNOWN, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ricardo Gonzalez
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Reynosa
- Airport
- MFE · Miller Int'L, runway 31, 4,103 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 340° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MFE