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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182P · Olathe, KS · May 5, 2003

Date
May 5, 2003 · 21:00 local
Place
Olathe, KS
Airport
Johnson County Executive Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N21110
Reported as
Cessna 182P
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
655 total600 in this make and model6 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.

(-23) PIC was not night current, and was attempting to land on runway 36 just a few minutes before an hour past official sunset. According to the PIC, the airplane was configured for landing and everything appeared normal; however, in her words it was "the hardest landing I ever made." N21110 touched down approximately a third of the way down the runway, veered 45 degrees to the right, crossed a parallel taxiway, and came to rest in a depressed area approximately 50 feet below the runway surface. Both main landing gear struts showed excessive flexing, and the nose gear assembly was deformed with forward bending. Incident privacy data omitted is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PIC WAS NOT NIGHT CURRENT, AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 36 JUST A FEW MINUTES BEFORE AN HOUR PAST OFFICIAL SUNSET. ACCORDING TO THE PIC, THE AIRPLANE WAS CONFIGURED FOR LANDING AND EVERYTHING APPEARED NORMAL; HOWEVER, IN HER WORDS IT WAS "THE HARDEST LANDING I EVER MADE." N21110 TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY A THIRD OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY, VEERED 45 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT, CROSSED A PARALLEL TAXIWAY, AND CAME TO REST IN A DEPRESSED AREA APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET BELOW THE RUNWAY SURFACE. BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUTS SHOWED EXCESSIVE FLEXING, AND THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY WAS DEFORMED WITH FORWARD BENDING. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.