# Accident 20070528014709A: Cessna 182S, Grafton, WI, May 28, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2007, 12:15 local time
- Place: Grafton, WI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6667° N, 88.0000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6667&lon=-88.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2366M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2366M) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 334 total, 161 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07CA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA158) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070528014709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ON A TRIP TO VISIT RELATIVES WITH THREE PAX. HE STATED HE CIRCLED THE AIRPORT AND DETERMINED RUNWAY 36 LOOKED THE BEST, WITH WIND NOT A FACTOR. HE STATED THAT HE FLARED HIGH, THEN TOUCHED DOWN IN A THREE-POINT POSITION, PORPOISING ABOUT FIVE FEET INTO THE AIR. HE STATED HE PORPOISED FROM THE NEXT TOUCHDOWN, AT WHICH HE DETERMINED BY WALKING THE FIELD, THE NOSE WHEEL BROKE OFF. HE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP ON THE THIRD TOUCHDOWN. HE STATED NONE OF THE LANDINGS SEEMED HARD. PILOT STATED HE FOUND A PIECE OF METAL FROM THE AIRCRAFT AT THE SITE OF THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN. PILOT STATED HE FELT THE FIRST FLARE WAS NORMAL, AS WELL AS THE LAST. SKID MARKS ON RUNWAY INDICATE THAT HE BOUNCED ON ONE GEAR, WING HIGH, ON SECOND BOUNCE. HE STATED THAT ALL GOT OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT OK, AND THAT HE THEN RETURNED TO IT TO PULL OUT THEIR LUGGAGE. HE STATED THAT HE DEPARTED CHICAGO EXECUTIVE (PWK) WITH FULL FUEL, TRAVELED SOUTH ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN, THEN HEADED EAST AND NORTH PASSING WAUKESHA WI (UES) ON THE WAY TO COVERED BRIDGE. APPROXIMATE FLIGHT TIME WAS 2.3 HRS.

## 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 CHI07CA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA158), May 28, 2007: Cessna 182S (N2366M), Cedarburg, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The improper landing flare which resulted in the airplane porpoising during the landing and the subsequent overload of the nose gear.

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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