- Date
- June 20, 1999, 18:02 local (Jun 21, 1999, 01:02 UTC)
- Place
- Redmond, OR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N91816Cessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990620007379A
- Case key
- 46657
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare.
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
According to FAA Air Traffic Control personnel, the airplane flew a normal landing pattern and had a hard landing, which collapsed the nose landing gear. FAA inspectors stated that everything forward of the door posts was bent, and the nose gear had collapsed forward. The pilot stated that he had departed the airport and had then returned because a frontal system had moved in to the area ahead of schedule. He stated that while landing, he experienced wind shear and damaged the front landing gear. In his written report, he stated that winds were 20 knots. Weather reports seven minutes before the accident at the airport indicated winds at 340 at 9 knots, and at 330 at 11 knots 53 minutes after the accident.
Factual narrative
On June 20, 1999, at 1802 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 182, N91816, was substantially damaged during a hard landing at Roberts Field, Redmond, Oregon. The private pilot and his two passengers were uninjured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local flight, for which no flight plan had been filed. There was no report of an ELT actuating.
According to FAA Air Traffic Control personnel, the airplane flew a normal landing pattern and had a hard landing, which collapsed the nose landing gear. FAA inspectors stated that everything forward of the door posts was bent, and the nose gear had collapsed forward. The pilot stated that he had departed Redmond en route to Roseburg, Oregon, and that a frontal system moved in to the area ahead of schedule. He said he decided to return to Redmond. He stated that while landing, he experienced wind shear and damaged the front landing gear. In his written report, he stated that winds were 20 knots. Weather reports at Redmond at 1755 indicated winds at 340 at 9 knots, and at 1855 at 330 at 11 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91816
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18259921
- Airframe hours
- 1,858
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David C. Smythe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 16, 1999
- Departed
- RDM · OR
- Destination
- Roseburg, OR
- Airport
- RDM · Roberts, runway 28, 7,002 × 100 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 129 total · 68 in this make and model · 16 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KRD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.