# NTSB MKC88LA109: Cessna 182, N97536, Dewitt, AR, June 5, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 5, 1988, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Dewitt, AR
- Coordinates: 34.279609, -91.33039 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2796&lon=-91.3304&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34586
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC88LA109
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34586/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA109

## 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 (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON HIS PERSONAL GRASS STRIP, WHICH HAD TREES AT BOTH ENDS. THE ACFT HIT HARD, BOUNCED, THEN SLID TO A STOP. THE NOSE GEAR WAS SEPARATED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N97536](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97536-1993-05-11), registration cancelled 1993-05-11, S/N 18267125 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18267125
- Airframe hours: 777
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-U 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: White Flying Service
- Registered owner: Warren A Jennings
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 1, 1987, 77 hours before
- Departed: 6M1, HERBER SPRINGS, AR
- Destination: DEWITT, AR
- Airport: NONE, Dewitt, Pvt, runway 18, 2,400 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 416 total, 375 in this make and model, 378 as pilot in command, 46 in the last 90 days, 25 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 8 knots, gusting 14
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LIT, 60 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 19880605018269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880605018269A), Jun 5, 1988: Cessna 182Q, Dewitt, AR, Substantial damage. Hit runway hard on landing and bounced. Impact knocked off the nose gear. Aircraft slid 50 feet before stopping.

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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