# NTSB FTW86LA003: Cessna 182N, N92755, Odessa, TX, October 3, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 3, 1985, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place: Odessa, TX
- Coordinates: 31.929813, -102.360908 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9298&lon=-102.3609&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): 21980
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW86LA003
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21980/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LA003

## 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)
  - design stress limits of aircraft - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

DURING TOUCH-&-GO LANDING PRACTICE ON HER SECOND SOLO TRAINING FLIGHT, THE STUDENT PLT MADE A HARD LANDING. THE NOSE GEAR STRUT WAS DRIVEN UPWARD THROUGH THE FIREWALL AND THE PROP WAS DAMAGED. THE ACFT BOUNCED/PORPOISED THREE TIMES & CAME TO REST OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N92755](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N92755-2003-09-04), registration cancelled 2003-09-04, S/N 18260341, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182N
- Registry model: [Cessna 182N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182n) (registry code 2072730) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18260341
- Airframe hours: 2097
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-B 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Joylyn R./Webster R. Russell
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: E02, ODESSA, TX
- Airport: EO2, Odessa Schlemeyer, runway 20, 5,700 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 37 total, 13 in this make and model, 9 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F
- Observed at: MAF

## 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 19851003056259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851003056259A), Oct 3, 1985: Cessna 182N, Odessa, TX, Substantial damage. Solo student porpoised on landing. Departed side of runway with bent propeller and nose wheel damage.

## Other investigations on N92755 (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW00WA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00WA171), May 21, 2000: Cessna 182N (N92755), Nogales, Mexico, substantial damage

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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