# NTSB FTW84LA110: Cessna 182, Mcallen, TX, January 7, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 7, 1984, 17:05 local (23:05 UTC)
- Place: Mcallen, TX
- Coordinates: 26.209234, -98.229179 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2092&lon=-98.2292&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): 21242
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA110
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21242/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA110

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 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.

- 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

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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