# Accident 20150903022779A: Cessna 182L, Derby, KS, September 3, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2015, 11:00 local time
- Place: Derby, KS
- Airport: Cook Airfield
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5664° N, 97.1750° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5664&lon=-97.1750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3417R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3417R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182L (registry code 2072726, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 67 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA301) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150903022779A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2015, THE PRIVATE PILOT-RATED AIRMAN WAS INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT WHILE LANDING AT THE COOK AIRFIELD (K50), ROSE HILL, KANSAS.  PURSUANT TO THE AIRMAN?S WRITTEN STATEMENT, THE AIRCRAFT MAINTAINED AIRSPEED ON FINAL APPROACH THAT WAS FASTER THAN DESIRED WHICH RESULTED IN A DELAYED EXTENSION OF THE WING FLAPS.  UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND INITIATED A PORPOISE; A HARD LANDING ENSUED.  THE AIRMAN DID NOT ELECT TO CONDUCT A GO-AROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THE PORPOISE AND SUBSEQUENT HARD LANDING; THE AIRMAN, THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON-BOARD, DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURY.  SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, AS A DIRECT RESULT FROM THIS LANDING, WAS NOTED DURING A MAINTENANCE INSPECTION.

## 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 GAA15CA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA301), Sep 3, 2015: Cessna 182 (N3417R), Rose Hill, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper pitch control during the landing flare, which resulted in a porpoise and subsequent hard 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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