# Accident 20170219002749A: Cessna T182T, Three Rivers, MI, February 19, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 2017, 16:00 local time
- Place: Three Rivers, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9775° N, 85.7044° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9775&lon=-85.7044&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11344, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11344-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T182T (registry code 2072738, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T182T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-540-AK1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 485 total, 111 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA142) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170219002749A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM KHAI (THREE RIVERS, MI AIRPORT) AFTER PERFORMING THREE TAKE-OFFS AND LANDINGS.  UPON COMPLETION OF THE TAKE-OFFS AND LANDINGS, THE PILOT STATED HE DEPARTED KHAI AIRPORT TO APPROACH HIS PRIVATE GRASS RUNWAY, LOCATED 5 MILE WEST OF KHAI.  WINDS WERE FROM 310 AS REPORTED BY KHAI.  PILOT APPROACHED FROM THE SOUTH AND ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY 02, CLEARING THE POWER LINES AT THE END OF THE FIELD.  AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATION WAS FULL FLAPS AT 60 KNOTS.  AFTER PASSING THE POWER LINES, PILOT PULLED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE AND DESCENDED ONTO THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT BEGAN TO FLARE THE AIRCRAFT BUT NOTED HIS AIRSPEED WAS TOO SLOW AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED OFF THE RUNWAY.  AT THAT POINT, THE PILOT STATED THE BOUNCE CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO PITCH NOSE FORWARD AND THUS STRIKING THE NOSE WHEEL HARD UPON THE TURF EVEN THOUGH HE HAD PULLED THE YOKE ALL THE WAY BACK.  THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE WHEEL DUG INTO THE TURF, BROKE FROM THE AIRCRAFT, AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT DUG INTO THE GROUND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP FORWARD UNTIL IT WAS LYING ON ITS BACK.  THE PILOT MANAGED TO OPEN THE DOOR, UNBUCKLED HIMSELF FROM HIS SEAT AND CRAWLED FROM THE AIRCRAFT 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 GAA17CA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA142), Feb 19, 2017: Cessna T182 (N11344), Three Rivers, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain sufficient airspeed during the landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing and a nose-over.

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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