20210730012229A

ON JULY 30, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:35 AM (PST), N60524, A CESSNA-162 SKYCATCHER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED IN AN ACCIDENT THAT TOOK PLACE IN MORTON, WASHINGTON.

ACCORDING TO THE REPORT RECEIVED BY THE SEATTLE FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE, THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE PERSON ON-BOARD THE AIRCRAFT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. NO INJURIES TO PERSONNEL AND DAMAGE TO PROPERTIES ON THE GROUND WERE REPORTED.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT DURING THE DOWNWIND, BASE, AND FINAL APPROACH, HE USUALLY MAKES RADIO CALLS AND PERFORM ?GUMPS? CHECK. HE INDICATED THAT HIS FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 25, WAS HIGH AND WAS EXPERIENCING SOME UP-LIFT OFF OF THE FIELD. HE STATED THAT HE INITIATED A FORWARD SLIP TO LAND TO BLEED-OFF ALTITUDE. PILOT STATED THAT HE RECOVERED 75-100 FEET ABOVE THE AIRFIELD DURING HIS FINAL APPROACH AND WAS LINED UP ON CENTERLINE, AIRSPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 60 KNOTS OVER THE FENCE AND LANDED WITHIN THE FIRST 200 FEET OF RUNWAY 25. PILOT OBSERVED THAT THERE WAS NO STALL HORN ACTIVATION AT THIS POINT. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING CAUSING THE PROPELLER STRIKE. THE PILOT ALSO INDICATED THAT HE DID NOT RECALL IT BEING AN UNUSUALLY A HARD LANDING. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE GEAR COLLAPSE AND PROPELLER STRIKE WAS QUITE SURPRISING, SUBSEQUENTLY, HE PULLED BACK ON THE STICK AT WHICH TIME THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE 4-5 FEET, AND THEN GENTLY SET THE PLANE DOWN TRYING TO KEEP THE NOSE OFF THE TARMAC AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. ALL THIS TIME THE AIRPLANE STAYED ON CENTERLINE WITHIN A FEW FEET AND THE STALL HORN WAS STARTING TO GO OFF.

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE TEMPERATURE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80°F, WIND WAS AT 280° AT 6 KNOTS AND THE SKY WAS CLEAR. PILOT ALSO STATED THAT AIRCRAFT LANDING WEIGHT WAS ESTIMATED AT 1,169 LBS. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST SLIGHTLY RIGHT OF CENTERLINE WITH APPROXIMATELY 1/3 OF THE RUNWAY REMAINING. PILOT STATED THAT HE SHUT DOWN ALL SYSTEMS IN THE AIRCRAFT AND QUICKLY EXITED.