- Date
- January 19, 1982, 15:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Monica, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9255XCessna 182E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 72538
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Hard landing
Weather condition - turbulenceFactor
Level off - improperCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Recovery from bounced landing - attempted
Nose down
Analysis
Upon landing touchdown the aircraft bounced at high speed and departed the runway. The pilot applied brakes and the aircraft skidded to a stop just short of a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9255X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18253655
- Airframe hours
- 1,836
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Timothy V. Dalton
- Registered owner
- Timothy V. Dalton
- Departed
- Van Nuys, CA
- Destination
- Santa Monica, CA
- Airport
- SMO · Santa Monica, runway 21, 4,987 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 141 total · 51 in this make and model · 73 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SMO