# NTSB NYC84LA315: Cessna 182Q, N759RP, Laurel, MD, September 15, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 15, 1984, 16:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place: Laurel, MD
- Coordinates: 39.100593, -76.880508 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1006&lon=-76.8805&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): 35767
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA315
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35767/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA315

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper descent rate - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aborted landing - delayed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Overrun, landing - roll
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

WITH THE NORTHERLY WIND GUSTING TO 22 KTS THE ACFT LANDED APRX 4/10 THE WAY DOWN THE RWY AND BOUNCED 3 TIMES. AN ABORT WAS INITIATED WITH POWER BUT THE ACFT ROLLED OFF THE END OF THE STRIP ACROSS A GRASS FIELD AND INTO A GROWTH OF SMALL TREES, NOSING OVER INVERTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N759RP](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N759RP-1999-01-04), registration cancelled 1999-01-04, S/N 18266201 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18266201
- Airframe hours: 1165
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-U 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: David Warfield
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, September 12, 1984, 5 hours before
- Departed: FDK, FREDERICK, MD
- Airport: W18, Surburban, runway 3, 2,165 × 30 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 193 total, 53 in this make and model, 126 as pilot in command, 81 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 12 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility: 20 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 19840915049139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840915049139A), Sep 15, 1984: Cessna 182Q, Laurel, MD, Substantial damage. Landed long gusty wind. Porpoised. Aborted too late. Ran off end runway into small trees. Nosed over.

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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