# NTSB LAX88LA195: Cessna 182N, N8918G, Prescott, AZ, May 26, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 26, 1988, 10:35 local (17:35 UTC)
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Location: 34.6548° N, 112.4192° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PRESCOTT RGNL/ERNEST A LOVE FLD (PRC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6548&lon=-112.4192&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report July 21, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26010
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX88LA195
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26010/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA195

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - raising of flaps - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8918G-1989-03-15), registration cancelled 1989-03-15, S/N 18260458 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182N
- Registry model: [Cessna 182N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182n) (registry code 2072730) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18260458
- Airframe hours: 2710
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880526017129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880526017129A), May 26, 1988: Cessna 182N, Prescott, AZ, Substantial damage. Stalled on high landing. Flair bounced off runway into air. Dumped flaps by mistake,wing hit ground. Ran off runway.

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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