# NTSB LAX83LA426: Cessna 182L, N3430R, Santa Paula, CA, September 4, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 4, 1983, 13:05 local (20:05 UTC)
- Place: Santa Paula, CA
- Coordinates: 34.399829, -119.070938 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3998&lon=-119.0709&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23845
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA426
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23845/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA426

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - haze/smoke (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTED THAT DURING THE LANDING, HE 'CAME IN TOO FAST & SHARP, BOUNCED 5 TIMES, DID A GO-AROUND & LANDED.' AFTER THE LANDING, HE TAXIED TO A FUEL PUMP, THEN FOUND THAT THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED. THE ACFT HAD PORPOISED TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT BOTH PROPELLER TIPS WERE CURLED AFT 6 INCHES & THE NOSE GEAR & FIREWALL WERE DAMAGED. APPX 12 MI SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT OXWARD, CA, THE WX WAS, IN PART: 1000 FT OVERCAST, VISIBILITY 1 MI WITH FOG & HAZE, WIND 240 DEG AT 8 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3430R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3430R-2012-11-08), registration cancelled 2012-11-08, S/N 18258730, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182L
- Registry model: [Cessna 182L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (registry code 2072726) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 58730
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jacob J. Jackson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 094, RIO LINDA, CA
- Destination: SZP, SANTA PAULA, CA
- Airport: SZP, Santa Paula, runway 22, 2,650 × 40 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 33 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: OXR, 12 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 19830904047199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830904047199A), Sep 4, 1983: Cessna 182L, Santa Paula, CA, Substantial damage. Failed to flare for landing. Impact damaged prop, nose gear, fuselage 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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