- Date
- January 17, 1989, 01:12 local (09:12 UTC)
- Place
- Oakland, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5398RCessna TR182
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890117000759A
- Case key
- 26322
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Probable cause
Previous damage due to previous hard landing.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Prior to landing, the plt extended the landing gear and noted that the gear down and locked indicator was not illuminated. The plt manually extended the gear, however, the indication was the gear was not down and locked. The plt visual noted that the main gear was extended but was unsure if the nose was extended. The plt flew by the tower and the controller noted that it appeared that the nose was in the down position. The plt landed the airplane, main wheels first, and held the nose off as long as possible. When the nose wheel touched down, the airplane veered to the rt. The plt applied brakes and back pressure on the yoke. The nose wheel collapsed as the airplane exited the rwy and nosed over. There was no evidence of mechancial failures or malfunctions having caused the gear collapse. The plt rptd that the airplane had experienced a previous hard landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5398R
- Reported as
- Cessna TR182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18200643
- Airframe hours
- 1,120
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Steve Epstein
- Registered owner
- Joan G. Epstein
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1988 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- RNO · Reno, NV
- Destination
- OAK · Oakland, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- OAK · Oakland, runway 27R, 5,453 × 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,225 total · 1,100 in this make and model · 1,170 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 70° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OAK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.