20180817014359I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna R182 · Tucson, AZ · August 17, 2018

Date
August 17, 2018 · 09:30 local
Place
Tucson, AZ
Airport
Tucson International
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5487T
Reported as
Cessna R182
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
713 total52 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On 8/17/2018 at Tucson International Airport (tus) at about 0930 PDT, N5487T, CE-182-RG, was involved in a runway excursion upon landing rollout on rwy 11R. Pilot flew to ktus from kavq that moring and obtained the weather for ktus. It was sunny, the sky was clear and the reported winds favored either runway (rwy) 11L or 11R. Once ktus approach handed N5487T off to the tower controller, tower assigned rwy 11R to the pilot. Tower instructed pilot to enter on the base leg, then cleared pilot to landed on rwy 11R. Pilot came over the threshold and touched down close to center line of rwy 11R at about 70 KTS. Aircraft settled to the ground and pilot applied brakes for a few seconds when he felt something hit the starboard side tire. The aircraft veered to the right and left the pavement. The pilot released the brakes and pressed on the left rudder pedal to compensate for the direction change back to the left to reenter the runway. The pilot slowed the aircraft down to a stop on the shoulder and reentered the rwy 11R. Tower contact pilot to ask if everything was ok with the aircraft, and pilot responded he is unsure and may have blown a tire. Tower dispatched emergency vehicles. Pilot taxied between rwy 121R and 11L and came to a stop and shut down the aircraft. Pilot exited aircraft and found that his tires were not flat. Emergency personal arrived and pointed out plastic trim damage to starboard elevator and yellow marking on front tire from a light that was ran over by the aircraft. Aircraft was released that day back to owner by the NTSB after a few exchanges of photos of the aircraft between the NTSB and the pilot. Pilot later stopped by a flight school and spoke with an CFI and did a riding along on to observe his landings and technique to make sure he was not doing anything incorrectly and logged 3 hours of training on touch and goes and other landings. Pilot received training on his own merit and was not instruct by the FAA or NTSB that it was required. Pilot never heard anything from airport about cleaning the runway after he hit debris on the runway.

As the FAA filed it

ON 8/17/2018 AT TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (TUS) AT ABOUT 0930 PDT, N5487T, CE-182-RG, WAS INVOLVED IN A RUNWAY EXCURSION UPON LANDING ROLLOUT ON RWY 11R. PILOT FLEW TO KTUS FROM KAVQ THAT MORING AND OBTAINED THE WEATHER FOR KTUS. IT WAS SUNNY, THE SKY WAS CLEAR AND THE REPORTED WINDS FAVORED EITHER RUNWAY (RWY) 11L OR 11R. ONCE KTUS APPROACH HANDED N5487T OFF TO THE TOWER CONTROLLER, TOWER ASSIGNED RWY 11R TO THE PILOT. TOWER INSTRUCTED PILOT TO ENTER ON THE BASE LEG, THEN CLEARED PILOT TO LANDED ON RWY 11R. PILOT CAME OVER THE THRESHOLD AND TOUCHED DOWN CLOSE TO CENTER LINE OF RWY 11R AT ABOUT 70 KTS. AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO THE GROUND AND PILOT APPLIED BRAKES FOR A FEW SECONDS WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING HIT THE STARBOARD SIDE TIRE. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT THE PAVEMENT. THE PILOT RELEASED THE BRAKES AND PRESSED ON THE LEFT RUDDER PEDAL TO COMPENSATE FOR THE DIRECTION CHANGE BACK TO THE LEFT TO REENTER THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT DOWN TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER AND REENTERED THE RWY 11R. TOWER CONTACT PILOT TO ASK IF EVERYTHING WAS OK WITH THE AIRCRAFT, AND PILOT RESPONDED HE IS UNSURE AND MAY HAVE BLOWN A TIRE. TOWER DISPATCHED EMERGENCY VEHICLES. PILOT TAXIED BETWEEN RWY 121R AND 11L AND CAME TO A STOP AND SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT EXITED AIRCRAFT AND FOUND THAT HIS TIRES WERE NOT FLAT. EMERGENCY PERSONAL ARRIVED AND POINTED OUT PLASTIC TRIM DAMAGE TO STARBOARD ELEVATOR AND YELLOW MARKING ON FRONT TIRE FROM A LIGHT THAT WAS RAN OVER BY THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED THAT DAY BACK TO OWNER BY THE NTSB AFTER A FEW EXCHANGES OF PHOTOS OF THE AIRCRAFT BETWEEN THE NTSB AND THE PILOT. PILOT LATER STOPPED BY A FLIGHT SCHOOL AND SPOKE WITH AN CFI AND DID A RIDING ALONG ON TO OBSERVE HIS LANDINGS AND TECHNIQUE TO MAKE SURE HE WAS NOT DOING ANYTHING INCORRECTLY AND LOGGED 3 HOURS OF TRAINING ON TOUCH AND GOES AND OTHER LANDINGS. PILOT RECEIVED TRAINING ON HIS OWN MERIT AND WAS NOT INSTRUCT BY THE FAA OR NTSB THAT IT WAS REQUIRED. PILOT NEVER HEARD ANYTHING FROM AIRPORT ABOUT CLEANING THE RUNWAY AFTER HE HIT DEBRIS ON THE RUNWAY.