# NTSB LAX82DA191: Cessna 182, N735JJ, Huron, CA, May 24, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 24, 1982, 08:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place: Huron, CA
- Coordinates: 36.199474, -120.089035 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1995&lon=-120.0890&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 24, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71132
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA191
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71132/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA191

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - landing gear - overload (contributing factor)
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - performed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO EXTEND GLIDE OVER A FLOODED PORTION OF THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT LOST AIRSPEED. AFTER DROPPING ONTO THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND THE PILOT ADDED POWER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN FLOWN BACK TO KING CITY, CA WHERE THE GEAR COLLAPSED UPON LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N735JJ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N735JJ-2013-06-27), registration cancelled 2013-06-27, S/N 18265458, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- 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: 18265458
- Airframe hours: 958
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-S 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Frudden Produce Inc.
- Registered owner: Frudden Produce Inc.
- Departed: KIC, KING CITY, CA
- Destination: HURON, CA
- Airport: 3CA4, Willett Field, runway 35, 1,000 × 45 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 420 total, 150 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Temperature: 167 °F

## 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 19820524018679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820524018679A), May 24, 1982: Cessna 182Q, Huron, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot made hard landing causing substantial damage to gear and firewall.

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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