# NTSB SEA85LA201: Cessna 182P, N7380S, Snohomish, WA, August 23, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 22, 1985, 19:00 local (Aug 23, 1985, 02:00 UTC)
- Place: Snohomish, WA
- Coordinates: 47.94025, -121.999679 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9402&lon=-121.9997&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40229
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA85LA201
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40229/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA201

## Analysis

THE ACFT NOSED DOWN DURING THE LANDING FLARE. RWY CONTACT WAS HARD ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE ACFT BOUNCED AND THE PLT ADDED PWR AND RE-FLARED THE ACFT.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - performed, pilot in command

## 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-S 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Norman Grier
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 25, 1985, 70 hours before
- Departed: S36, KENT, WA
- Destination: S43, SNOHOMISH, WA
- Airport: S43, Harvey Field, runway 32, 2,750 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 204 total, 14 in this make and model, 91 as pilot in command, 54 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F

## 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 SEA07CA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA216), Jul 24, 2007: Cessna 182P (N7380S), Baker City, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed and misjudged flare during landing.

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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