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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 182T · Parowan, UT · September 25, 2009

Date
September 25, 2009 · 20:15 local
Place
Parowan, UT
Airport
Parowan
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1040D
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR09CA469
Reported as
Cessna 182T
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
246 total18 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) During first landing attempt pilot cut the final to short and decided to abort landing. Pilot extended the final on second attempt aircraft touched down with full flaps and bounced about four feet into the air and bounced a second time, pilot still had not added power, aircraft then bounced a second time half way down the runway when the pilot decided to abort the second landing. The pilot attempted to climb but noticed that the airspeed was now at 42 knots and with full flaps. Aircraft climbed to approximately 20 to 30 feet AGL when the left wing stalled and the aircraft impacted the ground in a nose and left wing down attitude. Aircraft skidded on ramp area approximately 250 feet and came to rest 300 feet right of the center line of the runway. Aircraft was evacuated with no injuries to any of the occupants. After occupants had evacuated the aircraft smoke was noticed in the engine compartment, portable fire extinguishers on board aircraft were used on the engine compartment in case there was a fire. Pilot reports that there were no problems with the aircraft during any phase of the flight.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT PILOT CUT THE FINAL TO SHORT AND DECIDED TO ABORT LANDING. PILOT EXTENDED THE FINAL ON SECOND ATTEMPT AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH FULL FLAPS AND BOUNCED ABOUT FOUR FEET INTO THE AIR AND BOUNCED A SECOND TIME, PILOT STILL HAD NOT ADDED POWER, AIRCRAFT THEN BOUNCED A SECOND TIME HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY WHEN THE PILOT DECIDED TO ABORT THE SECOND LANDING. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB BUT NOTICED THAT THE AIRSPEED WAS NOW AT 42 KNOTS AND WITH FULL FLAPS. AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 30 FEET AGL WHEN THE LEFT WING STALLED AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NOSE AND LEFT WING DOWN ATTITUDE. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON RAMP AREA APPROXIMATELY 250 FEET AND CAME TO REST 300 FEET RIGHT OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT WAS EVACUATED WITH NO INJURIES TO ANY OF THE OCCUPANTS. AFTER OCCUPANTS HAD EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT SMOKE WAS NOTICED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS ON BOARD AIRCRAFT WERE USED ON THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT IN CASE THERE WAS A FIRE. PILOT REPORTS THAT THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRCRAFT DURING ANY PHASE OF THE FLIGHT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.