- Date
- September 29, 1989, 18:30 local (Sep 30, 1989, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Eureka, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N96642Cessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890929037449A
- Case key
- 26517
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Probable cause
Improper flare by the student, and a delay in remedial action by the instructor (CFI).
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
Two certified flight instructors (cfi's) were aboard the acft with one CFI acting as PIC, giving instruction to the other in short field takeoffs & landings. The PIC rprtd that while on a short final apch to land, he noticed that the dscnt rate was becoming excessive. He told the other plt to apply power, but she did not respond in time & the acft landed hard. The PIC said that he could have prevented the acdnt, if he had not delayed in taking remedial action.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96642
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18266791
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Nothern Air
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airport
- 033 · Eureka Muni, runway 34, 2,700 × 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
- 49
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,290 total · 173 in this make and model · 2,193 as pilot in command · 295 in the last 90 days · 84 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °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.