- Date
- September 6, 1992, 13:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Gerlach, NV
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4825UCessna 205A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920906035309A
- Case key
- 27754
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Probable cause
The pilot misjudged the landing flare and failed to properly recover from the bounced 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 circled the dry lake bed several times before he attempted the landing. The pilot misjudged the landing flare and landed hard. He failed to properly recover from the bounced landing. The aircraft then landed in a nose down attitude and nosed over on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4825U
- Reported as
- Cessna 205A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2050525
- Airframe hours
- 3,005
- Engine
- Continental IO-470, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Marin Air Services
- Registered owner
- Capital General Ins. Agency
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 25, 1992 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- 48D · Reno, NV
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 201 total · 23 in this make and model · 201 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.