# NTSB LAX84LA266: Cessna 185, N9953N, Nogales, AZ, April 23, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 23, 1984, 11:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place: Nogales, AZ
- Coordinates: 31.449003, -110.829666 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4490&lon=-110.8297&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): 24240
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA266
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24240/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA266

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## Analysis

THE ACFT LANDED HARD BOUNCED AND SWERVED ON AND OFF THE RWY. WHEN THE ACFT STOPPED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR HAD COLLAPSED. THEPLT REPORTED THAT THE WIND BLEW HIM BUT THE MANAGER OF THE ARPT SAID THE PLT FLARED TOO HIGH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9953N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9953N-1995-08-09), registration cancelled 1995-08-09, S/N 18504376 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- Registry model: [Cessna A185F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (registry code 2072821) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 04376
- Airframe hours: 188
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: P.A.R. Trucking
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: NOGALES SONORA
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: Nogales Int'L, runway 3, 6,000 ×  ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 196 total, 176 in this make and model, 149 as pilot in command, 82 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 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 19840423014119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840423014119A), Apr 23, 1984: Cessna 185F, Nogales, AZ, Substantial damage. Pilot flared aircraft too high and it dropped in causing 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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