# NTSB NYC84LA303: Cessna R182, N9159C, Boston, MA, March 3, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 3, 1984, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Boston, MA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35760
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA303
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35760/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA303

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - traffic pattern procedure - congested
  - airspeed - disregarded, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper descent rate - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - anxiety/apprehension, pilot in command
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - landing gear,tire - exploded

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, DUE TO LANDING TRAFFIC HE WAS REQUESTED BY ATC TO KEEP HIS AIRSPEED AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. A HARD LANDING RESULTED AT 110 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9159C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9159C-1988-09-16), registration cancelled 1988-09-16, S/N R18200431 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- Registry model: [Cessna R182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (registry code 2072734) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R18200431
- Airframe hours: 790
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-J3C5D 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Fred Pasternack
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 17, 1983
- Departed: FRG, FARMINGDALE, NY
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: BOS, Logan, runway 33L, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 643 total, 23 in this make and model, 476 as pilot in command, 34 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dawn
- Wind: 30° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19840303048749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840303048749A), Mar 3, 1984: Cessna R182, Boston, MA, Substantial damage. ATC requested fast approach due to traffic. Aircraft touched down hard at 110 knots. Damage to nosewheel.

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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