# Accident 20050918024339A: Cessna 182S, Waukesha, WI, September 18, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2005, 18:00 local time
- Place: Waukesha, WI
- Airport: Waukesha County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0384° N, 88.2379° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0384&lon=-88.2379&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5467C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5467C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182S (registry code 2072701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 191 total, 186 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA270](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA270) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050918024339A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 CHI05CA270](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA270), Sep 18, 2005: Cessna 182S (N5467C), Waukesha, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The misjudged flare by the pilot.

## Other reports on N5467C (1)

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

- [Accident 20130723021239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130723021239A), Jul 23, 2013: Cessna 182S (N5467C), Steamboat Sprin, CO, Substantial damage. On July 23, 2013, at 2230 MDT, at the Steamboat Springs/bob Adams field airport, Colorado, N5467C, a Cessna CE-182, experienced substantial damage when the…

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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