# Accident 20190924018269A: Cessna 182Q, Elizabethtown, NC, September 24, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2019, 16:15 local time
- Place: Elizabethtown, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6011° N, 78.5789° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6011&lon=-78.5789&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101SD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N101SD-2020-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,936 total, 162 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA591](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA591) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190924018269A

## Narrative

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

THE PIC WAS RETURNING FROM A LOCAL FLIGHT WITH 2 PASSENGERS ONBOARD. DURING THE LANDING PHASE OF THE FLIGHT THE PIC WAS DISTRACTED BY TALKING TO THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER.  THE ENGINE POWER WAS REDUCED AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED EXCESSIVELY, THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO ARREST THE DESCENT ANGLE BY APPLYING FULL POWER BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY AT AN HIGH NOSE DOWN ANGLE. AT IMPACT THE NOSE WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON THE NOSE PORTION OF THE ENGINE COWLING DOWN THE RUNWAY DRIFTING SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT EXITING THE RUNWAY APPROX 500 FEET FROM THE INITIAL IMPACT AREA. FIRE WAS PRESENT AS THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED THE ENSUING FIRE.

## 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 GAA19CA591](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA591), Sep 24, 2019: Cessna 182 (N101SD), Elizabethtown, NC, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing and postaccident fire. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s distraction during short final.

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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