# NTSB LAX83LA364: Cessna TR182, N756XT, Ely, NV, July 30, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 30, 1983, 12:39 local (19:39 UTC)
- Place: Ely, NV
- Coordinates: 39.419891, -115.000526 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4199&lon=-115.0005&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 3 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23805
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA364
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23805/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA364

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - raising of flaps - inadvertent, passenger (cause)
  - raising of flaps - not maintained (contributing factor)
  - raising of flaps - not identified, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - gear retraction - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed(vs) - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT SAID THAT HE APCHD THE 6000 FT RWY WITH 40 DEG OF FLAPS. THE ACFT BOUNCED TWICE DURING THE LANDING, THEN THE PLT INITIATED A FULL POWER GO-AROUND. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE ACFT DID NOT CLIMB, BUT WAS 'WALLOWING' IN GROUND EFFECT. TO REDUCE THE DRAG, HE RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR, BUT THE ACFT SETTLED ONTO THE RWY. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, THE WING FLAPS WERE FOUND IN THE FULLY RETRACTED POSITION. THE PLT BELIEVED THAT THE FLAPS WERE ACCIDENTLY RETRACTED WHEN THE PASSENGER'S KNEE CONTACTED THE FLAP SWITCH DURING THE 1ST BOUNCE. THE PASSENGER WAS APRX 6 FT 7 INCHES TALL & HAD DIFFICULTY SITTING COMFORTABLY IN THE ACFT. HE RECEIVED A BRUISE ON HIS LEFT KNEE IN A POSITION THAT CORRESPONDED TO THE LOCATION OF THE FLAP SW. THE PLT REPORTED THE WINDS WERE VARIABLE & THAT HE MAY HAVE ENCOUNTERED A GUST OR WIND SHEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N756XT](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N756XT-2014-11-18), registration cancelled 2014-11-18, S/N R18201189, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Registry model: [Cessna TR182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (registry code 2072735) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R18201189
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-I3C5D 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Venture Aviation
- Registered owner: Doris B. Krueger
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: PGA, PAGE, AZ
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: ELY, Ely-Yelland, runway 36, 6,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 523 total, 31 in this make and model, 445 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 10 knots
- Visibility: 45 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19830730036729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830730036729A), Jul 30, 1983: Cessna TR182, Ely, NV, Substantial damage. Landed long and bounced then stalled trying to go around by raising gear. Passenger accidentally raised the flaps.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.