# NTSB SEA07CA216: Cessna 182P, N7380S, Baker City, OR, July 24, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 24, 2007, 16:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Baker City, OR
- Coordinates: 44.837223, -117.808891
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8372&lon=-117.8089&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Boise Flight Standards District Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 66311
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA07CA216
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66311/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA216

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed and misjudged flare during landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - runway

## Analysis

As the pilot turned the aircraft onto the final approach leg of the traffic pattern, he referenced the Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) of the landing runway.  The PAPI indicated that the aircraft was above the standard glidepath, so the pilot reduced engine power to help the aircraft descend to glidepath altitude.  According to the pilot, the aircraft "dropped too fast" and he applied power in an attempt to correct the descent rate.  The aircraft then stalled above the runway and bounced on touchdown.  The pilot recovered from the bounced landing and was able to taxi the aircraft back to the ramp.  A post accident inspection revealed that the aircraft's firewall was bent.

## Factual narrative

As the pilot turned the aircraft onto the final approach leg of the traffic pattern, he referenced the Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) of the landing runway.  The PAPI indicated that the aircraft was above the standard glidepath, so the pilot reduced engine power to help the aircraft descend to glidepath altitude.  According to the pilot, the aircraft "dropped too fast" and he applied power in an attempt to correct the descent rate.  The aircraft then stalled above the runway and bounced on touchdown.  The pilot recovered from the bounced landing and was able to taxi the aircraft back to the ramp.  A post accident inspection revealed that the aircraft's firewall was bent.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7380S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7380S-2015-12-01), registration cancelled 2015-12-01, S/N 18265171, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18265171
- Engines: Continental O-470 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: William L Watson
- Registered owner: Crest Airpark Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: LGD, LA GRANDE, OR
- Destination: BKE, Baker City, OR
- Airport: BKE, Baker City Municipal, runway 31, 5,095 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review April 1, 2007; seat: left; flight hours: 1,130 total, 484 in this make and model, 1,063 as pilot in command, 24 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## Other investigations on N7380S (1)

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.

- [NTSB SEA85LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA201), Aug 23, 1985: Cessna 182P (N7380S), Snohomish, WA, substantial damage

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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