- Date
- August 25, 1989, 19:27 local (23:27 UTC)
- Place
- Albany, NY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N92323Cessna 182F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890825034039A
- Case key
- 36467
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare during 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 could not flare and made a hard landing. No evidence of a pre-existing failure or malfunction of the elevator flight control system was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92323
- Reported as
- Cessna 182F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18260151
- Airframe hours
- 1,000
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ravinda F. Shah
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1988
- Departed
- NOO · Fulton, NY
- Destination
- ALB · Albany, NY
- Airport
- ALB · Albany Co., runway 1, 7,200 × 150 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,190 total · 931 in this make and model · 850 as pilot in command · 54 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.