# Accident 20000921014309A: Cessna 182S, Wichita, KS, September 21, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2000, 20:10 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6995° N, 97.4396° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6995&lon=-97.4396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97TD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97TD-2005-02-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182S (registry code 2072701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-AB1A5 (registry code 41808, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-ab1a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182S
- Reported engine: LYC IO540AB1A5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5 total, 3 in this make and model, 247 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA304) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000921014309A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) WICHITA, KS. MID-CONTINENT AIRPORT FOR A LANDING ON RWY 19L. HE MADE THE ROUND OUT AT APPROX. 20 FEET ABOVE THE RWY, THEN THE A/C BALLOONED, STALLED AND BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE FINAL BOUNCE WAS TEN FEET HIGH AND THAT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON THE SECOND BOUNCE. (.4)ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2000, AT 2010 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT), A CESSNA 182S, N97TD, OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGE DURING A HARD LANDING ON RUNWAY 19L (7,302 FEET BY 150 FEET, DRY CONCRETE) AT THE WICHITA MID-CONTINENT AIRPORT, WICHITA, KANSAS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE. THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD THE AIRPLANE REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE WICHITA MID-CONTINENT AIRPORT AT 1920 CDT. IN HIS WRITTEN STATEMENT, THE PILOT SAID HE BEGAN HIS ROUNDOUT APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY. "AS THE THROTTLE WAS PULLED TO IDLE, THE AIRCRAFT BALLOONED TO ABOUT 5 FEET AND THE STALL WARNING HORN SOUNDED." THE PILOT SAID HE LOWERED THE NOSE SLIGHTLY, THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON ITS MAIN GEAR, AND "BOUNCED       AGAIN ABOUT 5 FEET." THE PILOT SAID HE LOWERED THE NOSE AGAIN TO JUST ABOVE LEVEL FLIGHT. "THE AIRCRAFT SANK RAPIDLY AND IMPACTED FIRMLY ON THE MAIN GEAR." THE NOSE GEAR STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND COLLAPSED. "THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AGAIN - ABOUT 5 FEET, THEN LANDED ON THE MAINS FIRST WITH THE NOSE DROPPING. THE FINAL BOUNCE WAS APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY, AND SETTLED RAPIDLY IN A SLIGHT NOSE UP ATTITUDE. THE AIRPLANE LANDED ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, THEN THE NOSE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALLOWED TO COAST TO [TAXIWAY] A5, AND WAS TURNED OFF THE RUNWAY USING BRAKES." A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OPERATIONS INSPECTOR EXAMINED THE AIRPLANE AT THE WICHITA MID-CONTINENT AIRPORT. THE BLADES ON THE THREE-BLADE PROPELLER WERE BENT AFT APPROXIMATELY 5 INCHES. THE NOSE GEAR WAS PUSHED UP INTO THE AIRPLANE. THE FIREWALL WAS BENT UPWARD AND BUCKLED. THE FUSELAGE BEHIND THE FIREWALL WAS BENT AFT AND BUCKLED. THE FORWARD PART OF THE CABIN WAS TWISTED. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR LEGS WERE BEND UPWARD. FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS CONFIRMED. AN EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE, ENGINE CONTROLS, BRAKES, AND OTHER AIRPLANE SYSTEMS REVEALED NO ANOMALIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI00LA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA304), Sep 22, 2000: Cessna 182S (N97TD), Wichita, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing. Factors relating to this accident were the pilot's improper recovery from the bounced landing and his failure to go-around.

## Other reports on N97TD (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20030320008609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030320008609A), Mar 20, 2003: Cessna 182S (N97TD), Fayetteville, AR, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On March 20, 2003 at 1910 CST, a Cessna 182S, N97TD on a private flight was destroyed when during the final approach to Drake field, Fayetteville…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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