- Date
- April 21, 1989, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Leakey, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N182BSCessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890421009509A
- Case key
- 22854
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot's improper compensation for wind conditions, improper flare, and improper recovery from a bounced landing. Factors related to the accident were: the gusty wind condition and the pilot's lack of experience in this make and model of aircraft.
Analysis
A witness said that on the 2nd attempt to land, the acft touched down about 2700 ft down the 3400 ft rwy. The plt rprtd that when the acft was aprx 25 ft AGL in the flare, it encountered a gust & he pulled back on the yoke to arrest a descent. Subsequently, the acft touched down hard, bounced & was damaged.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N182BS
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18266854
- Airframe hours
- 672
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stuessy, William B.
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 2, 1988 · 104 hours before
- Departed
- DWH · Conroe, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Texas Mountain Ranch
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 220 total · 4 in this make and model · 195 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.