# NTSB FTW85LA228: Cessna 182M, N71351, Chickasha, OK, May 17, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 17, 1985, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Chickasha, OK
- Coordinates: 35.039936, -97.950859 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0399&lon=-97.9509&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): 21754
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW85LA228
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21754/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA228

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE ACFT BOUNCED DURING LANDING AND THE STUDENT PLT ALLOWED THE ACFT TO PORPOISE. THE NOSE GEAR, ENGINE FIREWALL AND PROPELLER WERE DAMAGED. THIS WAS THE STUDENT'S FIRST SOLO FLT. HIS LAST 2.7 HRS OF DUAL FLT INSTRUCTION CONSISTED OF 18 PRACTICE TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. THE ACCIDENT FLT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE CONSISTED OF 3 TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N71351](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71351-1993-10-04), registration cancelled 1993-10-04, S/N 18259588 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182M
- Registry model: [Cessna 182M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182m) (registry code 2072728) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18259588
- Airframe hours: 2212
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Bekc Productions, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 9, 1984
- Airport: CHK, Chickasha Muni, runway 35, 5,100 × 100 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 22 total, 22 in this make and model, 126 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 10° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 15,000 ft broken
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PWA, 45 nm away

## 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 19850517070739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850517070739A), May 17, 1985: Cessna 182M, Chickasha, OK, Substantial damage. First solo student porpoised until nose gear was jammed into firewall.

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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