# NTSB LAX84LA292: Cessna 182RG, N2375C, Palo Alto, CA, May 11, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 11, 1984, 10:49 local (17:49 UTC)
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Coordinates: 37.449207, -122.100006 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4492&lon=-122.1000&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): 24261
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA292
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24261/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA292

## 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)

## Analysis

ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE NOSE GEAR, PORPOISED AND FINALLY IMPACTED THE RWY ON THE NOSE GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2375C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2375C), registered now, S/N R18200167, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182RG
- Registry model: [Cessna R182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (registry code 2072734) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R18200167
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-J3C5D 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Southwest Air Charter
- Registered owner: R & R 182
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: BFL, BAKERSFIELD, CA
- Airport: PAO, Palo Alto, runway 30, 2,500 × 65 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 500 total, 100 in this make and model, 400 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PAO

## 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 19840511018359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840511018359A), May 11, 1984: Cessna R182, Palo Alto, CA, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing. Impact collapsed the nose gear.

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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