# Accident 20080326832599A: Cessna 182, Traverse City, MI, March 26, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2008, 15:40 local time
- Place: Traverse City, MI
- Airport: Cherry Capital
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7414° N, 85.5989° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7414&lon=-85.5989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5338B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5338B-2012-06-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 48 total, 40 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080326832599A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A STUDENT PILOT WITH 48 HOURS OF TOTAL FLIGHT TIME WAS ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. THIS LEG OF THE TRIP WAS PLANNED FROM 57D TO KTVC. WINDS WERE FROM 250 @ 10 GUSTING TO 18 ON RUNWAY 28 AT KTVC. THE STUDENT PILOT SET UP A POOR APPROACH INITIALLY BEING TOO LOW THEN BALLOONING TOO HIGH. UPON TOUCH DOWN FROM A HIGH RATE OF DESCENT, THE AIRCRAFT HIT HARD THEN BOUNCED INTO THE AIR. THE STUDENT THEN ATTEMPTED TO SALVAGE THIS POOR LANDING AND ON THE SUBSEQUENT TOUCHDOWN, FOUND HE HAD HIS FEET ON THE BRAKES WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO PITCH DOWN AND STRIKE THE RUNWAY WITH THE PROPELLER. THIS LOSS OF CONTROL AND THE CROSSWIND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO DEPART THE PREPARED SURFACE AND FLIP ON ITS BACK IN THE SOFT GROUND. THE STUDENT PILOT THEN UNBUCKLED HIS SEAT BELT, SHUT OFF THE FUEL, MAGS AND MASTER AND DEPARTED THE WRECK.

## 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 CHI08CA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA094), Mar 26, 2008: Cessna 182 (N5338B), Traverse City, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The unstabalized approach performed by the student pilot and the go-around not performed by the student pilot. Additional causes were the inadequate recovery from a bounced landing and 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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