Cessna 182R N5448N

Summary

On 13 February 1987 at about 00:24 local time, a Cessna 182R registered N5448N was involved in an accident near Mobile, Alabama, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 February 1987 at 00:24

Classification

Accident

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Bates Field (MOB)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 182R

Registration

N5448N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Melbourne → Mobile

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL87LA072

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE STUDENT PLT WAS MAKING A SECOND ATTEMPT TO LAND AFTER A HARD LDG, BOUNCE, AND SUBSEQUENT GO-AROUND. ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT, THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD ON ALL THREE WHEELS AND SWERVED TO THE RT. THE STUDENT PLT REPORTEDLY PULLED THE NOSE UP AND THE ACFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE. THE CFI ASSUMED CONTROL AND ATTEMPTED TO MINIMIZE THE BOUNCE. LATER EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR AND FIREWALL. THE CFI REPORTED THAT BOTH HE AND THE STUDENT HAD BEEN AWAKE FOR 14 HRS AND HAD FLOWN NEARLY 8 HRS AT THE TIME OF THE MISHAP.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.