# NTSB MIA89LA049: Cessna 182E, N9261X, Ocala, FL, December 10, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 10, 1988, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Ocala, FL
- Location: 29.1719° N, 82.2241° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OCALA INTL-JIM TAYLOR FLD (OCF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1719&lon=-82.2241&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 24, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32370
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA89LA049
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32370/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89LA049

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - fuselage,instrument/electrical panel - slipped (cause)
  - flt control syst,elevator control - binding(mechanical) (cause)
  - aborted takeoff - performed
- Hard landing, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

SHORTLY AFTER ROTATION AT AN ALT OF APRX 20 FT AGL, THE PLT STATED THE CONTROL COLUMN WOULD NOT MOVE. HE CLOSED THE THROTTLE & THE ACFT LANDED HARD, BOUNCED, THEN CAME TO REST OFF THE RWY. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT REVEALED 3 OF THE 4 LOWER INSTRUMENT PANEL SHOCK MOUNTS FAILED ALLOWING THE PANEL TO DROP. AS A RESULT THE ATTITUDE INDICATOR CONTACTED THE CONTROL COLUMN CAUSING THE BINDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9261X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9261X-2013-03-18), registration cancelled 2013-03-18, S/N 18253661, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182E
- Registry model: [Cessna 182E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182e) (registry code 2072712) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18253661
- Airframe hours: 3688
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: H. Randolph Klein
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 15, 1988, 29 hours before
- Destination: X35, DUNNELLON, FL
- Airport: OCF, Ocala Municipal, runway 36, 5,007 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 632 total, 500 in this make and model, 465 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GVN, 31 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 19881210070129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881210070129A), Dec 10, 1988: Cessna 182E, Ocala, FL, Substantial damage. Control column jammed on takeoff. Aborted and came down hard on runway. Instrument panel mounts failed,dropped down

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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