# NTSB LAX00TA269: Cessna 182Q, N4892N, So. Lake Tahoe, CA, July 2, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report - Date: July 1, 2000, 17:30 local (Jul 2, 2000, 00:30 UTC) - Place: So. Lake Tahoe, CA - Location: 38.8939° N, 119.9953° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE TAHOE (TVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8939&lon=-119.9953&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 1, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 51215 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX00TA269 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/51215/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00TA269 ## Probable cause failure of the pilot to maintain an adequate airspeed margin resulting in a stall and hard landing. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown - weather condition - variable wind (contributing factor) - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor) - airspeed(vref) - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause) ## Analysis The air traffic control tower advised the pilot that the winds were variable from 240 to 270 degrees at 8 knots gusting to 12 knots. As he prepared to flare, the airplane dropped to the runway, hit hard, and bounced into a nose high attitude. He added power but the nose fell through and struck the ground before he could stop it. Subsequent inspection revealed damage to the fuselage structure. The Safety Board was notified of the damage determination on July 17, 2000. ## Factual narrative On July 1, 2000, at 1730 hours Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 182Q, N4892N, sustained substantial damage during a hard landing at South Lake Tahoe, California. The airplane was owned by the United States Air Force (USAF) and being operated by the Civil Air Patrol (CAP), an extension of the USAF Reserve, under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 on a public-use flight. The airline transport pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The flight departed Elko Regional Airport, Elko, Nevada, about 1500, and was scheduled to terminate at the time of the accident. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a VFR flight plan was filled. The pilot stated the air traffic control tower advised him the temperature was 80 degrees Fahrenheit, and the winds were variable from 240 to 270 degrees at 8 knots gusting to 12 knots. He flew a straight in landing pattern to land on runway 18. As he prepared to flare, the airplane dropped to the runway, hit hard, and bounced into a nose high attitude. He added power but stated the nose fell through and struck the ground before he could stop it. Subsequent inspection revealed damage to the fuselage structure. The Safety Board was notified of the damage determination on July 17, 2000. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N4892N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4892N-2013-05-06), registration cancelled 2013-05-06, S/N 18267441, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 182Q - Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 67441 - Airframe hours: 3273 - Engines: Continental O470-U(5) 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Public aircraft, Part 91 - Registered owner: Civil Air Patrol - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, April 16, 2000, 98 hours before - Departed: EKO, ELKO REGIONAL, NV - Destination: TVL - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: TVL, South Lake Tahoe, runway 18, 8,544 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 63; airline transport, flight engineer, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 20,050 total, 61 in this make and model, 15,000 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 0° at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 171 °F, dew point 73 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: RNO, 37 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 20000701010759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000701010759A), Jul 1, 2000: Cessna 182Q, South Lake Taho, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) On July 1, 2000 at 1745 PDT, CESSNA182, N4892N, was substantially damaged during a hard landing at south Lake Tahoe Airport (tvl), California. The pilot,… ## Other investigations on N4892N (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 LAX03TA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03TA174), May 31, 2003: Cessna 182Q (N4892N), So Lake Tahoe, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: a loss of pitch flight control authority due to the disconnection and separation of the elevator DOWN control cable turnbuckle. The separation of the turnbuckle was due to the severance of the safety… 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. 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