# NTSB WPR21LA217: Cessna 182, N47UP, Carlsbad, CA, May 31, 2021 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: May 31, 2021, 08:34 local (15:34 UTC) - Place: Carlsbad, CA · Airport - Coordinates: 33.12825, -117.28008 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1283&lon=-117.2801&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 103190 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR21LA217 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/103190/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103190 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA217 ## Probable cause The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing and subsequent loss of directional control. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182P, 48 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2075816), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182P, 18 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=2075816), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182P, 14 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2075816), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: sign/marker](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022015): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on operation; cases with it: [Cessna 182P, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022015/cases.md?model=2075816), [All aircraft, 214 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022015/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182P, 25 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2075816), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) ## Analysis The solo student pilot reported that, during the approach for landing, she was slightly low and added power before touchdown. When the airplane touched down, it bounced, and she increased engine power. The airplane subsequently veered to the left. She then applied right rudder control, but the airplane exited the runway to the left and impacted runway signs. The engine mounts were substantially damaged. The student pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N47UP](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47UP-2023-08-04), registration cancelled 2023-08-04, S/N 18264954 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182 (P) - Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 182649594 - Year built: 1976 - Airframe hours: 1362.3 - Engines: Continental D-470-S 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Fire: On-Ground - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Superfast Skylane, LLC - Registered owner: Superfast Skylane, LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, April 15, 2021, 14.4 hours before - Destination: Same as departure - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: CRQ, Mc Clellan-Palomar, runway 24, 4,897 × 150 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Stall warning system, Auto-pilot, ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 49; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 32 total, 7.3 in this make and model, 0.3 as pilot in command, 32 in the last 90 days, 14.1 in the last 30 days, 0.9 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 6 statute miles - Temperature: 59 °F, dew point 54 °F - Altimeter: 29.97 inHg - Observed at: KCRQ - METAR: KCRQ 311453Z 00000KT 6SM HZ OVC012 15/12 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP145 T01500117 51012 ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20210531007229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210531007229A), May 31, 2021: Cessna 182P, Carlsbad, CA, Substantial damage. On may 31, 2021 upon landing at kcrq, N47UP touched down on the runway, bounced once then settled back down on the runway where the aircraft veered left off… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 21, 2021, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103190. 7.8 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 7.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12390110&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20217_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Accident photo (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 718 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12389611&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Accident%20Photo%20217-Rel.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. 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