- Date
- August 28, 1990, 22:15 local (Aug 29, 1990, 05:15 UTC)
- Place
- Fresno, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N759XDCessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900828037159A
- Case key
- 26910
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed on final approach, resulting in a stall and a porpoise on 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
The pilot said the aircraft began porpoising when she flared for landing. The aircraft hit the nose wheel hard on the runway several times. The pilot said she was able to affect a go around and landed on the second approach. After the landing, the nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N759XD
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18266333
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Golden Valley Arrow Inc.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- PTV · Porterville, CA
- Destination
- FCH
- Airport
- FCH · Chandler, runway 30L, 3,202 × 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 126 total · 20 in this make and model · 55 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 270° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °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.