# Accident 20130728014419A: Cessna Aircraft Co 162, Tacoma, WA, July 28, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2013, 11:45 local time
- Place: Tacoma, WA
- Airport: Tacoma Narrows Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.2678° N, 122.5781° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2678&lon=-122.5781&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1205J (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO 162
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 173 total, 91 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13CA345](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA345) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130728014419A

## Narrative

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

A/C COMING INTO APPROACH TO RWY 17 AT TIW, CLEARED FOR LANDING. AIRCRAFT TOUCHES LEFT MAIN GEAR, A/C GOES BACK UP, COMES BACK DOWN ON NOSE GEAR. BOUNCE ON NOSE GEAR, SECOND TIME, NOSE GEAR SHEARS OFF JUST ABOVE ATTACH POINT AT WHEEL FORK. A/C THEN SKIPS ON NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT, BOTTOM OF ENGINE COWL MAKES CONTACT, PROPELLER MAKES CONTACT. ENGINE STOPS, A/C SKIDS TO STOP LEFT OF CENTER ON RWY.

PILOT IS NOT INJURED, TOWER SAW A/C FLARE, WAS THEN TALKING WITH ANOTHER A/C ON APPROACH, WHEN TOWER LOOKS BACK, THIS A/C HAS ALREADY SKIDDED TO STOP ON RWY.

## 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 WPR13CA345](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA345), Jul 28, 2013: Cessna 162 (N1205J), Tacoma, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper level off/flare resulted in a hard landing/bounce and subsequent nose gear collapse.

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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