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FAA incident report · Cessna 182E · Mesa, AZ · May 11, 2002

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Date
May 11, 2002 · 11:00 local
Place
Mesa, AZ
Airport
Falcon Field Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2870Y
Reported as
Cessna 182E
Reported engine
Continental O470*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
230 total28 in this make and model28 in the last 90 days
N2870YRegistered now · Cessna 182ES/N 18253870 · Built 1962Airframe modelCessna 182EEngine 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.

(.19) On may 11, 2002, about 1100 mountain standard time, a Cessna 182E, N2870Y, made a hard landing at Falcon field, Mesa, Arizona. The owner was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR part 91. The private pilot and two passengers were not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage. The personal local flight departed Mesa about 1050. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The pilot stated that the landing was hard. The airplane bounced, began to porpoise, and the propeller struck the ground. Postaccident examination by a maintenance facility discovered damage to the firewall, and the incident was upgraded to an accident on may 17, 2002. (-23) pilot stated that this was second flight of the day and that it was just local within 24 miles of ffz airport. Pilot was landing in gusty wind conditions hit hard on the main gear, bounced and then landed on the nose gear striking the prop on the runway. Pilot was able to taxi aircraft to parking.

As the FAA filed it

(.19) ON MAY 11, 2002, ABOUT 1100 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 182E, N2870Y, MADE A HARD LANDING AT FALCON FIELD, MESA, ARIZONA. THE OWNER WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED; THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PERSONAL LOCAL FLIGHT DEPARTED MESA ABOUT 1050. DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE LANDING WAS HARD. THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED, BEGAN TO PORPOISE, AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND. POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION BY A MAINTENANCE FACILITY DISCOVERED DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL, AND THE INCIDENT WAS UPGRADED TO AN ACCIDENT ON MAY 17, 2002. (-23) PILOT STATED THAT THIS WAS SECOND FLIGHT OF THE DAY AND THAT IT WAS JUST LOCAL WITHIN 24 MILES OF FFZ AIRPORT. PILOT WAS LANDING IN GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS HIT HARD ON THE MAIN GEAR, BOUNCED AND THEN LANDED ON THE NOSE GEAR STRIKING THE PROP ON THE RUNWAY. PILOT WAS ABLE TO TAXI AIRCRAFT TO PARKING.