- Date
- May 26, 1988, 10:35 local (17:35 UTC)
- Place
- Prescott, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8918GCessna 182N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880526017129A
- Case key
- 26010
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At the end of a cross country flight, while on final approach, the pilot reported that a sudden wind gust brought the nose up and the aircraft drifted right. Before the pilot could correct the situation, the aircraft stalled. The aircraft dropped to the runway and bounced. While still airborne, the pilot's hand struck the flap switch which retracted the flaps. The left wing dropped and the aircraft collided with the terrain off of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8918G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18260458
- Airframe hours
- 2,710
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stone, Sam H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 12, 1987 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- WJF · Lancaster, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PRC · Ernest A. Love, runway 21, 7,616 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 385 total · 210 in this make and model · 295 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 65 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PRC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.