- Date
- November 10, 2002, 16:39 local (Nov 11, 2002, 00:39 UTC)
- Place
- Pacoima, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N735ZTCessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20021110032819A
- Case key
- 56182
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/mush and hard landing. A factor in the accident was the gusty wind.
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.
Analysis
While on short final for runway 30, the airplane dropped hard onto the runway. Post accident inspection revealed firewall damage. Winds at the time were reported from 320 degrees at 14 knots, gusting to 19 knots.
Factual narrative
On November 10, 2002, at 1639 Pacific standard time, a Cessna 182Q, N735ZT, made a hard landing at Whiteman Field, Pacoima, California. The 3D Aircraft Corporation was operating the rental airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The private pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage. The personal cross-country flight departed Palm Springs, California, about 1500, en route to Pacoima. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed.
The pilot stated that the winds were high and there was a slight crosswind. He was on short final for runway 30 when the airplane dropped hard to the runway. There was not any visible damage to the airplane, but firewall damage was later discovered by a mechanic.
At 1630, the Aviation Routine Weather Report (METAR) for Burbank Airport (BUR), located about 10 miles southeast of Whiteman Field, reported winds from 320 degrees at 14 knots, gusting to 19 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N735ZT
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18265824
- Airframe hours
- 4,010
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- 3D Aircraft Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 26, 2002 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- PSP · Palm Springs, CA
- Destination
- WHP · Pacoima, CA
- Airport
- WHP · Whiteman, runway 30, 4,100 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 55
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- November 8, 2001
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 621 total · 60 in this make and model · 525 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 14 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.05 inHg
- Observed at
- BUR, 10 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.