# NTSB MIA89LA021: Cessna 182J, N2911F, Okeechobee, FL, October 29, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 29, 1988, 19:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place: Okeechobee, FL
- Coordinates: 26.53022, -80.190849 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5302&lon=-80.1908&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 28, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32352
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA89LA021
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32352/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89LA021

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
- Nose gear collapsed, landing
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE PLT RPRTD THAT WHILE LANDING AT NIGHT, THE ACFT BOUNCED TWICE. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT WENT OFF THE RWY & ONTO A GRASS AREA. DURING THE OCCURRENCE, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2911F](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2911F), registered now, S/N 18257011, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182J
- Registry model: [Cessna 182J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182j) (registry code 2072722) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18257011
- Airframe hours: 2991
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Civil Air Patrol, Inc.
- Registered owner: Civin Air Patrol Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 1, 1988, 31 hours before
- Departed: MCO, ORLANDO, FL
- Destination: LNA, WEST PALM BEACH, FL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: OBE, Okeechobee, runway 4, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 328 total, 27 in this make and model, 247 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 50° at 15 knots, gusting 50
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PBI, 55 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 19881029069829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881029069829A), Oct 29, 1988: Cessna 182J, Okeechobee, FL, Substantial damage. Improper flare led to two severe bounces on landing and loss of control. Aircraft ran off the runway.

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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