# NTSB LAX08CA174: Cessna 182, N182RA, Cottage Grove, OR, June 10, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 10, 2008, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Cottage Grove, OR
- Coordinates: 43.79972, -123.028892
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7997&lon=-123.0289&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report July 30, 2008
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 68202
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX08CA174
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68202/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA174

## Probable cause

The pilot's misjudged landing flare.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2072702), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2072702), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Cessna 182, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2072702), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that the approach to the runway was normal using 30 degrees of flaps and an airspeed of 80 mph. He slowed to 60 mph over the runway and was thinking about flaring when the "bottom fell out." The airplane dropped, hit hard, and the nose wheel separated. The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The top of the vertical fin and rudder were crushed.

## Factual narrative

The pilot reported that the approach to the runway was normal using 30 degrees of flaps and an airspeed of 80 mph. He slowed to 60 mph over the runway and was thinking about flaring when the "bottom fell out." The airplane dropped, hit hard, and the nose wheel separated. The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The top of the vertical fin and rudder were crushed.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N182RA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N182RA), registered now, S/N 33743 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (registry code 2072702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 33743
- Engines: Continental O-470-L reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 77S, Creswell, OR
- Destination: 61S, Cottage Grove, OR
- Airport: 61S, Cottage Grove, runway 15, 3,188 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 207 total, 25 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,400 ft broken
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter: 30.25 inHg
- Observed at: EUG, 22 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 20080610836339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080610836339A), Jun 10, 2008: Cessna 182, Cottage Grove, OR, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot departed creswell hobby field (77S) to the south with the intention of doing stop and go landing at Cottage Grove State (61S). Pilot stated that…

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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