# NTSB LAX86LA333: Cessna 182R, N9745H, Kernville, CA, August 28, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 28, 1986, 09:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Kernville, CA
- Coordinates: 35.729221, -118.389282 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7292&lon=-118.3893&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25241
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA333
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25241/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA333

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper descent rate - not attained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED HE MADE A HARD LANDING AND THE ACFT BOUNCED. AFTER TAXIING THE ACFT TO PARKING IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED. THE PLT ALSO INDICATED THAT THE WINDS AT THE TIME WERE CALM.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9745H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9745H-1991-03-27), registration cancelled 1991-03-27, S/N 18267991 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- Registry model: [Cessna 182R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (registry code 2072731) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18267991
- Airframe hours: 1123
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-U 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: A.F.I. Fullerton
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 21, 1986, 10 hours before
- Departed: FUL, FULLERTON, CA
- Destination: LO5, KERNVILLE, CA
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: L05, Kern Valley, runway 35, 3,500 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 62 total, 20 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dawn
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19860828082299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860828082299A), Aug 28, 1986: Cessna 182R, Kernville, CA, Substantial damage. The aircraft sustained damage during a hard landing.

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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