- Date
- January 4, 2010, 04:00 local (04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Palau International Airport, Palau
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- T8A182PCessna 182
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 75274
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On January 4, 2010, about 1300 Palau standard time, a Cessna 182P, registered T8A182P, with amphibian floats, landed hard on runway 09 at Palau International Airport, Republic of Palau. The airplane was registered to, and operated by, ABA Sky, Inc. The commercial pilot and three passengers were not injured, and the airplane was substantially damaged. The airplane came to a complete stop about 200 feet down the runway from the landing point. Examination of the landing gear revealed that the landing gear had collapsed into the floats. For additional information regarding this accident investigation contact the Republic of Palau National Aviation Administration. Republic of Palau National Aviation Administration PO Box 1471 Koror, Rep of Palau 96940 Tel: 680-287-4363/2944
Aircraft
- Registration
- T8A182P
- Reported as
- Cessna 182 (P)
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- ABA Sky Inc
- Registered owner
- ABA Sky Inc
- Departed
- PTRO · Palau
- Destination
- PTRO · Palau
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- PTRO · Palau International Airport
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC)
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 29, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 47 KB in all.