# NTSB WPR23LA360: Cessna 182Q, N4757N, Aurora, OR, August 7, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: August 7, 2023, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Aurora, OR
- Coordinates: 45.247126, -122.77004 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2471&lon=-122.7700&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: 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: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 193199
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR23LA360
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193199/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=193199
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA360

## Probable cause

The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing.

## 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 · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182Q, 34 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/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 182Q, 14 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/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: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182Q, 15 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that during landing, the airplane bounced, and he initiated a go-around. He subsequently landed the airplane without further incident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the lower fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4757N](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4757N), registered now, S/N 18267343, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18267343
- Year built: 1979
- Airframe hours: 7085.2
- Engines: P Ponk Aviation O-470-50 275 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Twin Falls Fliers Inc
- Registered owner: Twin Falls Fliers Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 7, 2023, 86 hours before
- Departed: BNO, Burns, OR
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: UAO, Aurora State Airport, runway 35, 5,003 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Electronic primary flight display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Stall warning system

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 75; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: basicmed, with waivers/limitations; last flight review May 30, 2023; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 1,113 total, 137 in this make and model, 1,113 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.11 inHg
- Observed at: KUAO
- METAR: KUAO 072053Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 28/13 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP195 T02780133 58011=

## 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 20230807019459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230807019459A), Aug 7, 2023: Cessna 182Q, Aurora, OR, Substantial damage. During a normal landing pilot stated he bounced and went around. After second landing was uneventful, he taxied to parking and noticed damage to the propeller.…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 2, 2024, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=193199. 5.7 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 5.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16349435&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20360_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Accident photo (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 625 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16349569&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Accident%20Photos%20360-Rel.pdf
- Memorandum of record - director of maintenance (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 62 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16349833&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Memorandum%20of%20Record%20360-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. Compare the reported make and model.

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