# NTSB LAX88LA219: Cessna 182M, N70618, Flagstaff, AZ, May 27, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 27, 1988, 09:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place: Flagstaff, AZ
- Coordinates: 35.230625, -111.720481 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2306&lon=-111.7205&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 21, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26030
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX88LA219
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26030/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA219

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - porpoise/pilot-induced oscillation - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

AT THE END OF A LOCAL FLIGHT, THE PLT WAS LANDING IN GUSTING CONDITIONS IN EXCESS OF 30 KNOTS. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT THE APPROACH WAS FASTER THAN NORMAL DUE TO A SICK PASSENGER. ON TOUCHDOWN THE NOSEWHEEL TOUCHED FIRST AND THE AIRPLANE BEGAN A PORPOISING MOTION. THE PLT APPLIED POWER AND THE AIRPLANE SETTLED ON THE RUNWAY. THE PLT DID NOT NOTE THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE FOR SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N70618](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70618), registered now, S/N 18259328, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182M
- Registry model: [Cessna 182M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182m) (registry code 2072728) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18259328
- Airframe hours: 3120
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: William R. Willis
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 9, 1988, 24 hours before
- Departed: FLG, FLAGSTAFF, AZ
- Airport: FLG, Flagstaff, runway 21, 7,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,400 total, 600 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 20 knots, gusting 35
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 14,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19880527022079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880527022079A), May 27, 1988: Cessna 182M, Flagstaff, AZ, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on nose wheel landing. Flew for another 3 weeks before discovering aircrafts firewall damaged

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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