- Date
- March 31, 1989, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Eureka, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N96642Cessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890331006549A
- Case key
- 26370
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare during the 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
As the plt was practicing a touch-&-go landing, the acft touched down hard & bounced several times before the plt regained control. The airplane was taxied back to the parking ramp, where propeller damage was discovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96642
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18266791
- Airframe hours
- 3,057
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Nrothern Aviation
- Registered owner
- Northern Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 15, 1989 · 23 hours before
- Airport
- EKA · Murray Field, runway 29, 3,000 × 75 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 130 total · 4 in this make and model · 130 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N96642 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.