# NTSB LAX82DA043: Cessna 182E, N9255X, Santa Monica, CA, January 19, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: January 19, 1982, 15:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Coordinates: 34.010341, -118.460655 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0103&lon=-118.4607&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 19, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72538
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA043
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72538/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA043

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - turbulence (contributing factor)
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - attempted, pilot in command
- Nose down, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9255X-1993-03-15), registration cancelled 1993-03-15, S/N 18253655 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182E
- Registry model: [Cessna 182E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182e) (registry code 2072712) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18253655
- Airframe hours: 1836
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; 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

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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