# NTSB MKC85LA194: Cessna 182RG, N756AU, Mountain Home, AR, August 27, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 27, 1985, 13:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place: Mountain Home, AR
- Coordinates: 33.050022, -91.570281 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0500&lon=-91.5703&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34014
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85LA194
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34014/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA194

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - runway
  - terrain condition - soft

## Analysis

THE ACFT HARD LANDED ON A SOFT SOD RWY SEPARATING THE NOSE WHEEL FROM THE NOSE GEAR STRUT. THE ACFT BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR AND DESCENDED WITH THE NOSE STRUT DIGGING INTO THE RUNWAY. THE ACFT FLIPPED INVERTED SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PLT STATED THAT UNEVEN TERRAIN OF THE RWY PRECIPITATED THE HARD LANDING ON THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N756AU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182RG
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: L2127440A
- Airframe hours: 1795
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-J3C5D 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Bob Holloway
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 1, 1984, 99 hours before
- Departed: JBR, JONESBORO, AR
- Destination: BLUFFS, AR
- Airport: Bluffs

## 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: 108 total, 2 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: HRO, 14 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 19850827041579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850827041579A), Aug 27, 1985: Cessna R182, Mountain Home, AR, Substantial damage. Nose wheel separated on initial impact with rough sod runway. Aircraft flipped over when strut dug into ground.

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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