# NTSB WPR10WA114: Cessna 182, Palau International Airport, Palau, January 4, 2010

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: January 4, 2010, 04:00 local (04:00 UTC)
- Place: Palau International Airport, Palau
- Coordinates: 7.367222, 134.544448 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=7.3672&lon=134.5444&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 75274
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR10WA114
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75274/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75274
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10WA114

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182 (P)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; injuries: none; commercial

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 29, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75274. 47 KB in all.

- Statement Regarding Investigation (item 1, .PDF, 47 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40324807&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Statement%20Regarding%20Investigation-Master.PDF

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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