# NTSB LAX89LA149: Cessna 182Q, N96642, Eureka, CA, March 31, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 31, 1989, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Eureka, CA
- Coordinates: 40.800647, -124.149673 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8006&lon=-124.1497&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 28, 1991
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26370
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX89LA149
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26370/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA149

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S IMPROPER FLARE DURING THE LANDING.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - performed, pilot in command

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N96642), registered now, S/N 18266791, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18266791
- Airframe hours: 3057
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19890331006549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890331006549A), Mar 31, 1989: Cessna 182Q, Eureka, CA, Substantial damage. Bounced and ballooned on landing. Kept over controlling with late inputs. Was able to taxi with prop firewall damage

## Other investigations on N96642 (2)

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.

- [NTSB LAX94LA376](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA376), Sep 24, 1994: Cessna 182Q (N96642), Las Vegas, NV, no damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to shut down the engine before deplaning a passenger.
- [NTSB LAX89LA332](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA332), Sep 30, 1989: Cessna 182 (N96642), Eureka, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: IMPROPER FLARE BY THE STUDENT, AND A DELAY IN REMEDIAL ACTION BY THE INSTRUCTOR (CFI).

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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