# NTSB SEA84LA224: Cessna 182P, N9893M, Deeth, NV, September 9, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 9, 1984, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Deeth, NV
- Coordinates: 41.010128, -115.27951 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0101&lon=-115.2795&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40007
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA224
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40007/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA224

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - windshear (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED BELOW TREE TOP HEIGHT ON FINAL APPROACH, THE HEADWIND VECTOR WAS LOST AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO A HARD LANDING. DURING BOUNCE RECOVERY, THE PILOT ADDED POWER BUT RAISED THE FLAPS. THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND IMPACTED THE GROUND NOSE LOW. THE PILOT HAD 97 HRS TOTAL FLYING EXPERIENCE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9893M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9893M-1989-03-16), registration cancelled 1989-03-16, S/N 18264790 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18264790
- Airframe hours: 2100
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-S 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Charles Maraden
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 30, 1984
- Departed: PNA, PINEDALE, WY
- Destination: NV04
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: NV04, Marry'S River Ranch, runway 24, 2,400 × 80 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 90 total, 86 in this make and model, 32 as pilot in command, 22 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 60° at 20 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## Other investigations on N9893M (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 SEA86LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA027), Nov 26, 1985: Cessna 182P II (N9893M), Carson City, NV, 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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