# NTSB MKC84LA099: Cessna 182J, N2832F, Minden, NE, March 14, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 13, 1984, 18:30 local (Mar 14, 1984, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: Minden, NE
- Coordinates: 40.500732, -98.950439 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5007&lon=-98.9504&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33650
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA099
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33650/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA099

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - light condition - sunglare (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual/aural perception, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing

## Analysis

THE PLT HAD RETURNED FROM DROPPING SKYDIVERS & WAS LANDING ON RWY 29 AT SUNSET. HE REPORTED THAT DURING THE FLARE TO LAND, HE WAS TEMPORARILY BLINDED BY THE SUN. THE ACFT LANDED HARD & BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR. IT THEN SETTLED, VEERED OFF THE RWY, HIT PILES OF MANURE & NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2832F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2832F-1989-08-16), registration cancelled 1989-08-16, S/N 18256932 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182J
- Registry model: [Cessna 182J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182j) (registry code 2072722) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18256932
- Airframe hours: 2574
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Other work use, Part 91
- Registered owner: Toby Tollefsen
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, April 30, 1983
- Departed: NEO8, MINDEN, NE
- Airport: Schmidt, runway 29, 2,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 278 total, 98 in this make and model, 251 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 46 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: EAR, 12 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 19840313007009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840313007009A), Mar 13, 1984: Cessna 182J, Minden, NE, Substantial damage. Pilot was blinded by sun during landing flare.

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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