# NTSB CEN12CA509: Cessna 182Q, N1DV, Three Lakes, WI, July 31, 2012 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: July 31, 2012, 12:40 local (17:40 UTC) - Place: Three Lakes, WI - Coordinates: 45.792221, -89.122222 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7922&lon=-89.1222&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 12, 2013 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA FSDO Milwaukee - NTSB case key (mKey): 84556 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN12CA509 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/84556/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=84556 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA509 ## Probable cause The pilot's excessive touchdown speed, which resulted in a bounced landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of recent experience in flying light airplanes. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Experience/qualifications: recent experience w/ equipment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031045): Personnel issues › Experience/knowledge · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 31 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031045/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,681 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) ## Analysis Upon arrival at his destination airport after an uneventful instrument flight rules flight, the pilot entered the left downwind leg of the traffic pattern for a visual landing. The initial flare and touchdown were smooth at 85 knots. The airplane then floated and bounced twice, the nose gear collapsed, and the airplane came to rest about halfway down the runway. An examination of the airplane showed that the nose gear was separated from the airplane, resulting in substantial damage to the engine firewall. The pilot reported that he should have slowed to about 70 to 75 knots for touchdown to avoid floating and the subsequent bounced landing. The pilot stated that he was a corporate jet pilot and that he flew light reciprocating-engine aircraft only a few times a year. His perspective was that in flying corporate jets, computations of final approach speeds are more precisely determined and executed by the pilot. Final approach speeds in the light airplane category are determined moreso by an airspeed range depending on the wind conditions and gross weight. He offered that his higher-than-optimal approach speed was a result of not having recent experience in flying light airplanes. He stated that he had not flown a light aircraft for 6 months prior to this event. ## Factual narrative Upon arrival at his destination airport after an uneventful IFR flight, the pilot set up for a visual left downwind to land. The initial flare and touchdown was smooth at 85 knots. The airplane then floated and bounced twice, the nose gear collapsed and the airplane came to rest about halfway down the runway. An examination of the airplane showed the nose gear was separated from the airplane, resulting in substantial damage to the engine firewall. The pilot reported that he should have slowed to about 70-75 knots for touchdown to avoid floating and subsequent bounced landing. In a telephone interview with the NTSB IIC, the pilot stated that he was a corporate jet pilot and he flew light reciprocating-engine aircraft only a few times a year. His perspective was that in flying corporate jets, computations of final approach speeds are more precisely determined and executed by the pilot. Final approach speeds in the light airplane category are determined more so by an airspeed range depending on the wind conditions and gross weight. He offered that his higher than optimal approach speed was a result of not having recent experience in flying light airplanes. He stated that he had not flown a light aircraft for six months prior to this event. ## Aircraft - Registration: N1DV (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18266980 - Airframe hours: 2274 - Engines: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Vecchie Donald J - Registered owner: Vecchie Donald J - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, September 14, 2011 - Departed: SPI, Spingfield, IL - Destination: 40D, Three Lakes, WI - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: 40D, Three Lakes Municipal Airport, runway 21, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 67; injuries: none; airline transport, flight engineer; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review February 29, 2012; seat: left; flight hours: 13,356 total, 4 in this make and model, 11,321 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 10° at 9 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 52 °F - Altimeter: 30.01 inHg - Observed at: EGV, 10 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20120731016189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120731016189A), Jul 31, 2012: Cessna 182Q, Three Lakes, WI, Substantial damage. Pilot was landing but airplane ballooned after initial touchdown. Pilot attempted to continue landing but aircraft nose dropped, allowing nosewheel to make… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 12, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=84556. 3.4 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 3.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40382832&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Miscellaneous - Record of Telephone Conversation (item 2, .PDF, 51 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40383376&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Miscellaneous%20-%20Record%20of%20Telephone%20Conversation-Master.PDF 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. 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