# NTSB NYC85LA229: Cessna 182J, N3319F, Danville, PA, August 29, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 29, 1985, 07:00 local (11:00 UTC)
- Place: Danville, PA
- Coordinates: 40.959354, -76.610374 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9594&lon=-76.6104&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 4 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35960
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC85LA229
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35960/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA229

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - rising (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
- Nose over, landing

## Analysis

DURING AN APCH, THE ACFT WAS CONFIGURED WITH FULL FLAPS & WAS TRIMMED FOR 65 KTS. AT ABOUT 150 FEET FROM THE DESIRED TOUCHDOWN POINT, THE PLT REDUCED POWER TO LAND. MOMENTARILY AFTER THAT, THE STALL WARNING HORN SOUNDED & THE ACFT FELL 10 TO 20 FT, IMPACTING THE GROUND APRX 20 TO 30 FT SHORT OF THE RWY. DURING IMPACT, THE NOSE WHEEL WAS TORN FROM THE ACFT. THE ACFT THEN BOUNCED ONTO THE RWY, SKIDDED ABOUT 100 FT & NOSED OVER. A WITNESS NEAR THE APCH END OF THE RWY SAID THE ACFT APPEARED TO BE SLOWER THAN NORMAL & IN A NOSE HIGH SLIP. NO SOUND OF ENG POWER WAS HEARD AS THE ACFT WAS ABOUT TO LAND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3319F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182J
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18257319
- Airframe hours: 3105
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Trayer, John A. Trayer Maria
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, September 24, 1984, 944 hours before
- Departed: 58N, PALMYRA, PA
- Airport: 8N8, Danville, runway 27, 2,140 × 350 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 208 total, 177 in this make and model, 140 as pilot in command, 34 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dawn
- Wind: 280° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Observed at: LXY

## 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 19850829064739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850829064739A), Aug 29, 1985: Cessna 182J, Danville, PA, Destroyed. Aircraft fell to the ground from 10 feet landing short of runway. Nose wheel torn off and aircraft flipped 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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