# Accident 20120705011679A: Cessna T182T, Flagstaff, AZ, July 5, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2012, 18:05 local time
- Place: Flagstaff, AZ
- Airport: Flagstaff Pulliam
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1403° N, 111.6692° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1403&lon=-111.6692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5209P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5209P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T182T (registry code 2072738, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T182T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 350 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12CA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA300) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120705011679A

## Narrative

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

AT 1805 MST N5209P, A TURBO CESSNA 182, PILOTED BY ALFRED A. BIANCO (PVT PILOT CERT # ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^) EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING ON RUNWAY 21 AT FLAGSTAFF PULLIAM AIRPORT. THE SKIES WERE CLEAR, THE WIND WAS REPORTED AS 250 AT 13 GUSTING TO 19 AT 1757 LCL.THE PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND AFTER REPORTING A MID-FIELD DOWN WIND.HE THEN EXECUTED A NORMAL PATTERN AND STATES THAT HE WAS ALIGNED WITH THE VASI. WHEN HE EXECUTED THE LANDING FLARE THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT TOUCH DOWN AS HE EXPECTED, BUT "DROPPED" TO THE RUNWAY AND BOUNCED TWICE. ON THE SECOND BOUNCE THE AIRCRAFT BOUNDED HIGHER THAN ON THE FIRST. AT THAT POINT, MR. BIANCO EXECUTED A GO-AROUND. HE WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AT THAT POINT. HE THEN ANNOUNCED THE GO-AROUND AND WAS GIVEN LEFT TRAFFIC. HE EXECUTED A NORMAL PATTERN AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AFTER LANDING HE TAXIED TO THE FBO AND SHUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN. HE REALIZED THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE AFTER HE BEGAN SECURING THE AIRCRAFT.THE AIRCRAFT HAD BUCKLING ON THE FUSELAGE UNDER THE PILOT'S SIDE, NEAR THE LANDING GEAR. THE PROP EXHIBITED DAMAGE ON ALL 3 TIPS. THE FIREWALL WAS ALSO BENT AND THERE WAS PAINT SCRAPED OFF OF THE WHEEL PANT ON THE NOSE WHEEL.

## 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 WPR12CA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA300), Jul 6, 2012: Cessna T182T (N5209P), Flagstaff, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate landing flare after encountering a downdraft, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N5209P (1)

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

- [Incident 20150604009339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150604009339I), Jun 4, 2015: Cessna T182T (N5209P), Swanton, VT, Substantial damage. On the afternoon of 06/04/2015 at 16:45 hours a Cessna T182T N5209P s/n T18208156 landed at Franklin county airport, Swanton (kfso) Vermont. Upon landing…

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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