- Date
- April 27, 1989, 14:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- Beaver Falls, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N82AHCessna C182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890427063509A
- Case key
- 36406
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Probable cause
The pilot failure to properly flare the airplane during landing and the improper recovery from a bounced landing.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he touched down hard twice during a bounced landing in gusty crosswind conditions. He added power, took off, and returned to the airport for an uneventful landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82AH
- Reported as
- Cessna C182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18266899
- Airframe hours
- 1,450
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ann C. Harrold
- Registered owner
- Annl C Harrold
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1988
- Departed
- LBE · Westmoreland, PA
- Destination
- BVI · Beaver Falls, PA
- Airport
- BV1 · Beaver Co., runway 28, 4,501 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 161 total · 62 in this make and model · 46 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.