# NTSB MIA95LA091: Cessna 182Q, N759LH, Fort Lauderdale, FL, March 21, 1995 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: March 21, 1995, 13:21 local (18:21 UTC) - Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL - Coordinates: 26.090841, -80.149581 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0908&lon=-80.1496&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 3 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 19, 1995 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 37742 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA95LA091 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/37742/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95LA091 ## Probable cause The pilot-in-command's improper landing touchdown and improper recovery from a bounced landing. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown - touchdown - improper, pilot in command (cause) - Nose gear collapsed, landing - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause) - landing gear,nose gear - overload ## Analysis During landing the aircraft touched down on the main landing gear and the nose landing gear touched down hard. The aircraft bounced into the air and then landed hard on the nose landing gear. The nose landing gear collapsed and the aircraft skidded off the runway and came to rest. ## Factual narrative On March 21, 1995, about 1321 eastern standard time, a Cessna 182Q, N759LH, registered to Catawba Valley Air Inc., sustained collapse of the nose landing gear during landing at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 personnel flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained substantial damage and the private-rated pilot and two passengers were not injured. The flight originated from Fort Myers, Florida, on March 21, 1995, about 1200. The pilot stated during landing the aircraft touched down on the main landing gear. The nose landing gear touched down hard and the aircraft bounced into the air. The aircraft then touched down on the nose landing gear and it collapsed. The aircraft then skidded off the side of the runway and came to rest. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N759LH](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N759LH), registered now, S/N 18266075, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q - Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18266075 - Airframe hours: 1961 - Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-U 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Catawba Valley Air, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, March 15, 1995, 11 hours before - Departed: RSW, FORT MYERS, FL - Airport: FLL, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, runway 9R, 5,276 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 21; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 97 total, 19 in this make and model, 39 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 130° at 7 knots - Visibility: 12 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 57 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: FLL, 1 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 19950321004899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950321004899A), Mar 21, 1995: Cessna 182Q, Ft Lauderdale, FL, Substantial damage. Hard landing. Bounced came down and folded nose gear. Skidded off runway. ## Other investigations on N759LH (1) 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. - [NTSB ATL99LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99LA018), Nov 15, 1998: Cessna 182Q (N759LH), Hickory, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to properly recover from a bounced landing. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.