# Accident 20130907017859A: Cessna Aircraft Co 162, Eugene, OR, September 7, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2013, 19:15 local time
- Place: Eugene, OR
- Airport: Mahlon Sweet Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1244° N, 123.2119° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1244&lon=-123.2119&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30265, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30265) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 162 (registry code 060005E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-162) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO 162
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 273 total, 19 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13CA421](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA421) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130907017859A

## Narrative

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

PER PILOT STATEMENT HE WAS SOLO TIME-BUILDING FROM HIO, RGB, EUG TO HIO, WITH A PASSENGER.  AT 5 MILES SOUTH OF EUG CASCADE APPROACH TOLD HIM EXPECT STRAIGHT TO RWY 34R.  EUG TOWER ALSO GAVE HIM 34R.  AT 2-3 MILES EUG TOWER CHANGED RWY TO 34L DUE TO OPPOSITE JET TRFFIC LANDING RWY 16R, OPPOSITE 34R.  AT THAT POINT HE SELECTED 10° FLAPS AND AFTER TURNING 34L BASE SELECTED 25° FLAPS.  AFTER TURNING ON FINAL SELECTED 40° (FULL) FLAPS DOWN AT 55 KNOTS.  HE STATED THE WIND  WAS 360° AT 9 KTS.  HE THOUGHT HE NEEDED MORE AIRSPEED FOR LANDING (40 KTS + 5 KTS).

HE STATES THAT HE MAINTAINED GLIDESLOPE AND WAS STABLE.  HE FLARED NORMALLY, MOVED THROTTLE TO IDLE, AND TOUCHED DOWN SMOOTHLY.  IT FELT LIKE A NORMAL LANDING TO HIM.  BASED ON THE PILOT DESCRIPTION IT APPEARS "THE AIRPLANE WENT UP A LITTLE BIT AND THEN BOUNCED UP."  AFTER THAT THE NOSE HIT THE GROUND (RWY), SLIPPED OVER THE GROUND (SLID ALONG THE RWY).  HE SAYS THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO REACT TO GO AROUND BECAUSE IT HAPPENED SO QUICKLY.

BASED ON PHOTO EVIDENCE, WHEN THE AIRPLANE CAME BACK DOWN AFTER BOUNCING BACK INTO THE AIR, IT CAME DOWN AT AN ANGLE WHERE THE PROP AND NOSE COWL IMPACTED THE RWY FIRST CAUSING THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY TO BREAK OFF THE NLG LEG.  THE AIRPLANE SLID FOR APPROXIMATELY  100 TO 200 FEET COMING TO A STOP ON THE RWY.  THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO MAKE A FINAL CALL TO THE TOWER, PERFORM A POST FLIGHT SHUTDOWN, AND HE AND THE PASSENGER SAFELY EXITED THE AIRPLANE WITHOUT INJURY.

## 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 WPR13CA421](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA421), Sep 8, 2013: Cessna E162 (N30265), Eugene, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare that resulted in a bounced 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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