LAX84LA039

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 182 · Winnemucca, NV · October 30, 1983

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
October 29, 1983, 17:30 local (Oct 30, 1983, 00:30 UTC)
Place
Winnemucca, NV
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N3451FCessna 182
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
Case key
24076

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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 landingLanding - flare/touchdown
Flare - improperPilot in commandCause

Analysis

The plt reported that during a landing, he rounded out hi & allowed the acft to make a bounced landing. During the landing, the prop struck the rwy & the firewall & fuselage skin were damaged. After the hard landing, the plt taxied clear of the rwy & acft.

Aircraft

Registration
N3451F
Reported as
Cessna 182
Category
Airplane
Serial number
57451
Airframe hours
3,604
Engine
Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Registered owner
Bradely Santucci
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
Annual · September 25, 1983 · 3 hours before
Departed
RNO · Reno, NV
Flight plan
VFR
Airport
WMC · Winnemucca, runway 14, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

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
49
Certificate
Commercial
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
Instrument ratings
Airplane
Medical
Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Seat
Left
Flight hours
7,436 total · 63 in this make and model · 4,381 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
Calm
Visibility
100 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
64 °F
Altimeter
30.00 inHg

Other investigations on N3451F · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.