- Date
- June 8, 2012, 14:08 local (18:08 UTC)
- Place
- Detroit, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7588KCessna P210N
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 2012
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20120608013659A
- Case key
- 84078
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper landing flare and inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.
Findings · 2
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
According to the pilot, during the landing he flared high and the airplane landed on the nose landing gear. The airplane bounced and landed again on the nose landing gear, which subsequently collapsed. The airplane skidded to a stop on the runway. Postaccident examination showed the firewall and fuselage were buckled and bent. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal flight.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot, during the landing he flared too high and the airplane landed on the nose landing gear. The airplane bounced and then landed again on the nose landing gear, which subsequently collapsed. The airplane skidded to rest upright on the runway. Postaccident examination showed the firewall and fuselage were buckled and bent. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7588K
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000414
- Airframe hours
- 3,798
- Engine
- Ram IO-520, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- On File
- Registered owner
- On File
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 11, 2011
- Departed
- SAW · Marquette, MI
- Destination
- DET · Detroit, MI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DET · Coleman A. Young Muni, runway 33, 5,090 × 100 ft, concrete
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 86
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,862 total · 1,900 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 3, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 905 KB 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.
Other investigations on N7588K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.