- Date
- June 8, 2022, 21:35 local (Jun 9, 2022, 05:35 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9209HCessna 182R
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20220608010179I
- Case key
- 105296
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s improper landing flare which resulted in a hard landing.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that while landing his tricycle-gear equipped airplane he flared too high and touched down harder than expected. Examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the engine firewall. The pilot reported that there were no pre-accident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9209H
- Reported as
- Cessna 182R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18267927
- Built
- 1981
- Airframe hours
- 9,071
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- United States Air Force Owner, doing business as Elmendorf Aero Club
- Registered owner
- United States Air Force Owner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 31, 2022 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- PATK · Talkeetna, AK
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PAED · Elmendorf Air Force Base, runway 06, 10,000 × 200 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Angle of attack indicator, ADS-B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 16, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 197 total · 56 in this make and model · 109 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot-rated passenger
- Age
- 52
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 1, 2021
- Seat
- Rear
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 0 in this make and model · 11 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.62 inHg
- Observed at
- PAED, 0.5 nm away
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 21, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.7 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.