# Accident 20040501007619A: Cessna 182K, Phoenix, AZ, May 1, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2004, 06:38 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6881° N, 112.0825° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6881&lon=-112.0825&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2493Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2493Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182K (registry code 2072724, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 297 total, 100 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04CA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA200) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040501007619A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT FLARED HIGH AND LANDED HARD BOUNCING UP OFF OF RUNWAY. PILOT FALED TO MAKE A TIMELY GO-AROUND AND BEGAN NOSE WHEEL TO MAINS "CROWS HOP" LEADING TO 3 PROP STRIKES. PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT, LEFT RUNWAY AND DESTROYED A TAXIWAY SIGN AND LIGHT. AT SOME POINT IN THE SEQUENCE THE ELEVATOR CONTROLS WERE DAMAGED (SEE ATTACHED PMI STATEMENT).

## 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 LAX04CA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA200), May 1, 2004: Cessna 182K (N2493Q), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate flare, which resulted in a hard landing. Also causal was the pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in an inadvertent porpoise and collision with a…

## Other reports on N2493Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19740304005469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740304005469A), Mar 4, 1974: Cessna 182K (N2493Q), Asheville, NC, Substantial damage. Dmgd firewall.

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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