# NTSB LAX98LA088: Cessna 182P, N52748, Payson, AZ, February 10, 1998 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: February 10, 1998, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC) - Place: Payson, AZ - Coordinates: 34.190387, -111.169181 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1904&lon=-111.1692&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 3 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 15, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 30033 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX98LA088 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30033/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA088 ## Probable cause The collapse of the nose landing gear for undetermined reasons. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Nose gear collapsed, landing - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause) ## Analysis The pilot of the accident aircraft performed a preflight inspection of the aircraft, including reviewing the logbook and squawk sheet, with no discrepancies noted. The operator of the flight school said that a student pilot had done a hard landing with this airplane approximately 10 hours before this flight. He visually examined the aircraft for damage and did not find any damage to the nose gear as a result of the hard landing. The pilot of the accident airplane reported a normal landing and touchdown, but stated that the nose gear continued to lower as the weight of the airplane landed on the runway. She stated she could not steer the airplane to the taxiway, so she shut down the engine and called for assistance. ## Factual narrative On February 10, 1998, at 1430 hours mountain standard time, a Cessna 182P, N52748, collapsed the nose gear during landing at the Payson, Arizona, airport. The aircraft sustained substantial damage, and the pilot and her two passengers were not injured. The aircraft departed from Scottsdale at 1300, and was operating under 14 CFR Part 91 when the accident occurred. The pilot stated she was about 10 miles out and talking on the Unicom frequency and was told that the winds were 230 degrees at 10 knots. She was told that the runway in use was runway 24. She said as she entered the downwind leg, she could see the wind was gusting and changing velocity. She stated the landing was "normal, but after she touched down on the main gear, the front end just dropped." She said the aircraft was not straight so she brought the plane to a stop using the brakes. She said she was unable to steer the airplane to the taxiway, so she called Unicom for assistance and shut down the airplane on the runway. The pilot stated she reviewed the current logbook and squawk sheet before the flight and noted no discrepancies. The owner of the flight school was interviewed by telephone on February 18th. He stated that a student pilot did a hard landing with this airplane approximately 10 hours before this flight to Payson. He said that there was a shimmy in the gear, but he "inspected the aircraft and did not see any damage." The last 100-hour inspection was performed on December 1997. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N52748](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52748), registered now, S/N 18262816, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 182P - Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18262816 - Airframe hours: 3458 - Engines: Continental O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Scottsdale Flyers - Registered owner: Future Enterprises Corp III In - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, December 15, 1997, 73 hours before - Departed: SDL, SCOTTSDALE, AZ - Destination: E69 - Airport: E69, Payson Airport, runway 24, 5,500 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 31; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 194 total, 6 in this make and model, 106 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 180° at 4 knots - Visibility: 25 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: PRC, 135 nm away ## 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 19980210001259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980210001259A), Feb 10, 1998: Cessna 182, Payson, AZ, Substantial damage. Collapsed nose gear landing. Indicates with minimal info that possible hard landing and porpoising occurred. (.4)on February 10, 1998, at 1430 hours mountain… From the NTSB's public API. 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