# Incident 20020511009879I: Cessna 182E, Mesa, AZ, May 11, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2002, 11:00 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2870Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2870Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182E (registry code 2072712, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182E
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total, 28 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020511009879I

## Narrative

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

(.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.

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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