19980117002129I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna R182 · Monterey, CA · January 17, 1998

Date
January 17, 1998 · 15:44 local
Place
Monterey, CA
Airport
Monterey Peninsula
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N501RJ
Reported as
Cessna R182
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
260 total18 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

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

Narrative: Mr. Templeton received clearance to land at the Monterey airport on runway 28L. At approximately 300' AGL and approximately 1/3 mile from touchdown, he was requested (by the controller) to change to runway 28R which is a shorter and narrower runway. Therefore, with flaps fully extended, he applied additional power to realign for landing. The aircraft began flaring and floating and came down hard and bounced. After a second bounce, he pushed the stick forward, the aircraft came down on the nose gear and fractured the nose gear cylinder separating the nose wheel. The propeller contacted the ground and the aircraft skidded to a complete stop on the runway. Copy of report submitted to operations unit for evaluation.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: MR. TEMPLETON RECEIVED CLEARANCE TO LAND AT THE MONTEREY AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 28L. AT APPROXIMATELY 300' AGL AND APPROXIMATELY 1/3 MILE FROM TOUCHDOWN, HE WAS REQUESTED (BY THE CONTROLLER) TO CHANGE TO RUNWAY 28R WHICH IS A SHORTER AND NARROWER RUNWAY. THEREFORE, WITH FLAPS FULLY EXTENDED, HE APPLIED ADDITIONAL POWER TO REALIGN FOR LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN FLARING AND FLOATING AND CAME DOWN HARD AND BOUNCED. AFTER A SECOND BOUNCE, HE PUSHED THE STICK FORWARD, THE AIRCRAFT CAME DOWN ON THE NOSE GEAR AND FRACTURED THE NOSE GEAR CYLINDER SEPARATING THE NOSE WHEEL. THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE RUNWAY. COPY OF REPORT SUBMITTED TO OPERATIONS UNIT FOR EVALUATION.