# Accident 20020614013769A: Cessna 182Q, Vermlillion, SD, June 14, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2002, 21:05 local time
- Place: Vermlillion, SD
- Airport: Harold Davidson Field Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7805° N, 96.9205° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7805&lon=-96.9205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4833N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4833N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA178) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020614013769A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT, ATTEMPTING LANDING NEAR SUNSET, HIT HARD AND BOUNCED. PILOT ADDED POWER TO ATTEMPT GO AROUND AND AIRPLANE HIT GROUND AGAIN BUT HIT RUNWAY LIGHTS. AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE AND PILOT ATTEMPTED ANOTHER LANDING. HE CAME IN TOO HIGH, WENT AROUND THE SECOND TIME AND THEN MADE A SUCCESSFUL LANDING. NOSE GEAR, FIREWALL WERE BENT. RUNWAY LIGHTS DAMAGED VERTICAL STABILIZER. NEITHER THE PILOT OR PASSENGER WERE INJURED. THE FSDO DID NOT LEARN OF THIS ACCIDENT UNTIL 06-28-02. AIRCRAFT LOGBOOKS ARE LOCKED IN AIRPLANE AND WILL BE REVIEWED AS SOON AS ACCESSIBLE. (.19) ON JUNE 14, 2002, AT 2105 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 182Q, N4833N, PILOTED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A HARD LANDING ON RUNWAY 30 (4,105 FEET BY 75 FEET, ASPHALT) AT THE HAROLD DAVIDSON FIELD AIRPORT (VMR), VERMILLION, SOUTH DAKOTA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS NOT OPERATING ON A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE EPPLEY AIRFIELD AIRPORT, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, AT A TIME UNKNOWN, AND WAS EN ROUTE TO VMR.

## 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 CHI02LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA178), Jun 15, 2002: Cessna 182Q (N4833N), Vermillion, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare.

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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