# NTSB LAX86LA097: Cessna 182H, N2302X, Lake Havasucity, AZ, January 25, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 25, 1986, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Lake Havasucity, AZ
- Coordinates: 34.47927, -114.320167 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4793&lon=-114.3202&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25058
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA097
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25058/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA097

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - planned approach - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of recent experience in type operation, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - wind information - not understood, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

ON JANUARY 25, 1986 A CESSNA 182 COLLIDED WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE AFTER THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED ON RUNWAY 5 AT LAKE HAVASU CITY AIRPORT, ARIZONA. VMC PREVAILED AT THE TIME WITH THE UNICOM REPORTED WINDS FROM 270 DEGREES AT 17 KNOTS AND GUSTING. THE DEMONSTRATED CROSSWIND COMPONENT FOR THE CESSNA 182 IS 15 KNOTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2302X](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2302X), registered now, S/N 18256202, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- Registry model: [Cessna 182H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182h) (registry code 2072718) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18256202
- Airframe hours: 1752
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: W.K. Hagerty
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 18, 1985, 64 hours before
- Departed: VNY, VAN NUYS, CA
- Destination: LHU, LAKE HAVASU, AZ
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: LHU, Lake Hauasu City, runway 5, 6,364 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 154 total, 11 in this make and model, 65 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 275° at 14 knots
- Visibility: 45 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: EEO, 33 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 19860125001229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860125001229A), Jan 25, 1986: Cessna 182H, Lake Havasu Cit, AZ, Substantial damage. Hard landing with strong quartering tailwind. Nose gear failed. Wind exceeded aircrafts maximum wind component.

## Other investigations on N2302X (1)

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 LAX73DUG06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73DUG06), Jun 24, 1972: Cessna 182H (N2302X), Mexicali, Mexico, 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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