- Date
- September 3, 1990, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Peters Twp, PA
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N21033Cessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900903037729A
- Case key
- 36733
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Probable cause
The pilot in commands failure to maintain airspeed on final approach resulting in an inadvertent stall and hard 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 airplane was on final with full flaps and power set for a short/soft field landing. As the airplane became stabilized on short final the pilot reduced power, the airplane 'stalled' and touched down hard collapsing the left main and nose gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21033
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18261369
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- R.K. Vogt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 4, 1989
- Departed
- N71 · PA
- Destination
- Mercersburg, PA
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,450 total · 2,739 in this make and model · 3,365 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 72 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.