What happened
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(-23) Cessna 182, N5467C received substantial damage after landing on runway 28 at the Waukesha County Airport, Waukesha Wisconsin on September 18, 2005. The pilot-in-command and sole occupant of the aircraft, privacy data omitted reported that the approach was normal and that about six feet above the runway the nose pitched down and the aircraft slammed into the runway. He stated the aircraft then porpoised. He stated after recovery from the porpoise and landing the aircraft, he taxied clear of the runway, stopped the aircraft and examined it for damage. The pilot privacy data omitted stated that initially he observed that the nose tire was flat at the propeller tips were bent. The aircraft was towed to a maintenance hangar. Subsequent inspection found that the firewall was wrinkled, the nose gear seal was pushed up approximately 2 inches, the underside of the fuselage aft of the nose gear was bent; the firewall was pushed aft restricting movement of the rudder pedals. There was no indication of preaccident mechanical problems with the aircraft. The pilot privacy data omitted reported that the VFR pleasure flight had departed Waukesha, landed at west bent Wisconsin and was returning to Waukesha at the time of the accident.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) CESSNA 182, N5467C RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 28 AT THE WAUKESHA COUNTY AIRPORT, WAUKESHA WISCONSIN ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2005. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA^ REPORTED THAT THE APPROACH WAS NORMAL AND THAT ABOUT SIX FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY THE NOSE PITCHED DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT SLAMMED INTO THE RUNWAY. HE STATED THE AIRCRAFT THEN PORPOISED. HE STATED AFTER RECOVERY FROM THE PORPOISE AND LANDING THE AIRCRAFT, HE TAXIED CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY, STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT AND EXAMINED IT FOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ STATED THAT INITIALLY HE OBSERVED THAT THE NOSE TIRE WAS FLAT AT THE PROPELLER TIPS WERE BENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO A MAINTENANCE HANGAR. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION FOUND THAT THE FIREWALL WAS WRINKLED, THE NOSE GEAR SEAL WAS PUSHED UP APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES, THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE AFT OF THE NOSE GEAR WAS BENT; THE FIREWALL WAS PUSHED AFT RESTRICTING MOVEMENT OF THE RUDDER PEDALS. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF PREACCIDENT MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ REPORTED THAT THE VFR PLEASURE FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED WAUKESHA, LANDED AT WEST BENT WISCONSIN AND WAS RETURNING TO WAUKESHA AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
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