ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 365195
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 June 1991 |
| Time: | 09:04 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 182 |
| Owner/operator: | Helen Tabor Martin |
| Registration: | N2489X |
| MSN: | 18256389 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-470-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lincoln, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Oroville, CA (KOVE) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE OWNER PILOT'S MEDICAL CERTIFICATE HAD EXPIRED AND REQUESTED THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT PASSENGER TO ACCOMPANY HER ON THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT. DURING THE LANDING AT LINCOLN AIRPORT THE OWNER PILOT MISJUDGED THE FLARE ALTITUDE, LANDED HARD, BOUNCED AND BEGAN TO PORPOISE UNTIL THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PIC FAILED TO PROPERLY RECOVER FROM THE BOUNCED LANDING. THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT/PASSENGER REPORTED THAT HE WAS NOT CHECKED OUT IN THE AIRPLANE AND WOULD NOT ASSUME THE PIC'S RESPONSIBILITIES.
Probable Cause: THAT THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND IMPROPERLY FLARED THE AIRPLANE BY MISJUDGING THE ALTITUDE AND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM THE BOUNCED LANDING.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX91LA246
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 20-Mar-2024 07:36 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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