# Accident 20170812012489A: Cessna 182P, Sparta, MI, August 12, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2017, 10:30 local time
- Place: Sparta, MI
- Airport: Paul C. Miller
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1283° N, 85.6767° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1283&lon=-85.6767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52450, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52450) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 312 total, 180 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA485](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA485) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170812012489A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS FLYING EAA YOUNG EAGLES INTRODUCTORY FLIGHTS.  PILOT REPORTED HE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 25, MAIN WHEELS BOUNCED AND PERFORMED A GO AROUND.  PILOT DID A GO AROUND BUT WAS UNAWARE THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED ANY DAMAGE.  AFTER LANDING THE PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED AND OTHER PASSENGERS WERE LOADED BACK ONTO THE PLANE. DURING THE BOARDING PROCESS ANOTHER PILOT NOTICIED THE SKIN WAS WRINKLED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PLANE BEHIND THE FIREWALL. THE PIC THEN WALKED AROUND THE NOSE AND NOTICIED THE PROPELLOR DAMAGE AND SKIN WRINKLES. HE IMMEDIATELY DECIDED NOT TO FLY ONCE HE SAW THE DAMAGE.

## 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 GAA17CA485](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA485), Aug 12, 2017: Cessna 182 (N52450), Sparta, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a 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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