# Accident 20180505004729A: Cessna Aircraft Co 162, Waterloo, IN, May 5, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2018, 09:30 local time
- Place: Waterloo, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4314° N, 84.9811° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4314&lon=-84.9811&mi=10
- Aircraft: N263VX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N263VX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 162 (registry code 060005E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-162) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-200 series (registry code 17402, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO 162
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total, 34 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA277](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA277) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180505004729A

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING AT WATERLOO, INDIANA AIRPORT (4C2) CIVIL AIRCRAFT N263VX, A CESSNA 162, EXPERIENCED A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE AND PROPELLER STRIKE. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE GRASS RUNWAYAND AND BOUNCED BACK IN THE AIR. A SUBSEQUAINT TOUCHDOWN WAS MADE ON SOFT GRASS AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE NOSE GEAR SWUNG BACK UNDER THE BELLY AND THE PROPELLOR HIT THE GRASS RUNWAY.

PERFORMED ON SCENE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AT THE OWNERS HANGAR.  THE OWNER HAD THE AIRPLANE FORWARD LOWER FUSELAUGE SITTING ON A PLASTIC BUCKET TO SUPPORT THE BROKEN NOSE LANDING GEAR. HE REMOVED THE COWLING FOR ME SO I COULD GET A CLOSER LOOK AT THE FIREWALL. BEFORE TAKING OFF THE COWLING, I NOTICED THE CRANK ON THE ENGINE WAS BENT IN REFERENCE TO THE COWLING. THE ENGINE SHOWED STRESS DUE TO IMPACT WITH THE GROUND. THERE WERE MANY BAFFLES AND SUPPORTS ON THE ENGINE THAT WERE CRACKED.  IN ADDITION TO WHAT THE PILOT REPORTED CONCERNING THE BENT PROPELLER AND SHEARED OFF NOSE GEAR, THE AIRFRAME HAS BUCKLING ON THE LOWER PORTION OF THE FIREWALL WHERE BOTH OF THE ENGINE MOUNTS ATTACH, BRACKETS NEAR THE PILOTS RUDDER PEDALS THAT ATTACH TO THE FIREWALL WERE SHEARED OFF FROM THE FIREWALL, THE MAIN STRINGERS (LONGERONS) THAT RUN LENGTHWISE UNDER THE PILOTS AND COPILOTS FLOORING WERE BUCKLED, AND HAD EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE LOWER BELLY RUNNING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE REAR OF THE WINGS. APPEARS THE FUSELOG MAY HAVE BEEN BENT DUE TO THE DAMAGED LONGERONS WHICH EXTEND FROM THE FIREWALL AND ENTIRE LENGHT OF THE FLOORING.

## 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 GAA18CA277](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA277), May 5, 2018: Cessna 162 (N263VX), Waterloo, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare during a soft-field landing and his use of an improper soft-field landing procedure, which 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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