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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182P · Quakertown, PA · July 1, 1994

Date: July 1, 1994 · 16:15 local
Place: Quakertown, PA
Airport: Quakertown Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8367E
Reported as: Cessna 182P
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 441 total253 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

N8367ERegistered now · Cessna 182PS/N 18263191 · Built 1974 Airframe modelCessna 182P Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: pilot was on a local flight at Quakertown municipal airport (ukt). He climbed to 9000' - 10,000', developed a headache and returned to ukt. Before entering the pattern, he reached to put a cigarette in the ashtray, but dropped it on the floor. As he stretched to retrieve it, he felt a sharp pain in his back. The plane went slightly out of control. He recovered, entered the pattern and made one attempt at landing, but had to go around. On his next attempt, he landed nose wheel first, and bounced approximately 20' back into the air. He put the airplane back on the runway, then went off it on rollout, destroying a runway light. On taxi-in he taxied the wing of his airplane over the wing of an airplane being refueled. This pilot has been reexamined under section 609 of the FAA act. Submission of this report closes this incident.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS ON A LOCAL FLIGHT AT QUAKERTOWN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (UKT). HE CLIMBED TO 9000' - 10,000', DEVELOPED A HEADACHE AND RETURNED TO UKT. BEFORE ENTERING THE PATTERN, HE REACHED TO PUT A CIGARETTE IN THE ASHTRAY, BUT DROPPED IT ON THE FLOOR. AS HE STRETCHED TO RETRIEVE IT, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK. THE PLANE WENT SLIGHTLY OUT OF CONTROL. HE RECOVERED, ENTERED THE PATTERN AND MADE ONE ATTEMPT AT LANDING, BUT HAD TO GO AROUND. ON HIS NEXT ATTEMPT, HE LANDED NOSE WHEEL FIRST, AND BOUNCED APPROXIMATELY 20' BACK INTO THE AIR. HE PUT THE AIRPLANE BACK ON THE RUNWAY, THEN WENT OFF IT ON ROLLOUT, DESTROYING A RUNWAY LIGHT. ON TAXI-IN HE TAXIED THE WING OF HIS AIRPLANE OVER THE WING OF AN AIRPLANE BEING REFUELED. THIS PILOT HAS BEEN REEXAMINED UNDER SECTION 609 OF THE FAA ACT. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.