# NTSB LAX84LA039: Cessna 182, N3451F, Winnemucca, NV, October 30, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 29, 1983, 17:30 local (Oct 30, 1983, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: Winnemucca, NV
- Coordinates: 41.120788, -118.050682 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1208&lon=-118.0507&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24076
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA039
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24076/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA039

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3451F), registered now, S/N 18257451, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182j) (registry code 2072722) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 57451
- Airframe hours: 3604
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; 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)

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.

- [NTSB OAK68D0058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK68D0058), Jul 3, 1967: Cessna 182 (N3451F), San Jose, CA, substantial damage
- [NTSB LAX67D0293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX67D0293), Feb 22, 1967: Cessna 182 (N3451F), Calexico, CA, substantial damage

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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