- Date
- April 21, 2013, 12:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Colorado Springs, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N538MACessna T182T
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 2013
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20130421006869A
- Case key
- 86700
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 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
The pilot reported that he was practicing touch-and-go landings and had completed five when the tower air traffic controller requested that he do a short approach. The pilot stated that he was landing with full flaps, and the wind was 180 degrees at 5 knots gusting to 18 knots. He added that the airplane landed “flat” and bounced. The airplane drifted to the right, and the pilot was unable to correct the drift. The airplane exited the runway and came to rest nose down in a shallow ditch. Examination of the airplane revealed that the left wing tip was damaged and the nose gear had collapsed, resulting in substantial damage to the firewall.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that he was practicing touch-n-go landings and had completed five, when the air traffic controller requested that he do a short approach. The pilot stated that he was landing with full flaps and the wind was gusting to 18 knots. He added that the airplane landed “flat” and bounced. The airplane drifted to the right and the pilot was unable to correct the drift. The airplane exited the runway, coming to rest nose down in a shallow ditch. Examination of the airplane revealed the left wing tip was damaged and the nose-gear had collapsed, resulting in substantial damage to the firewall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N538MA
- Reported as
- Cessna T182T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T18208327
- Airframe hours
- 859
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540 SER, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Illini, LLC
- Registered owner
- Air Illini, LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 2013
- Departed
- KCOS · Colorado Springs, CO
- Destination
- KCOS · Colorado Springs, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- KCOS · Colorado Springs Muncipal, runway 17L, 13,501 × 150 ft
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
- 52
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 23, 2012
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 104 total · 15 in this make and model · 45 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.05 inHg
- Observed at
- KCOS
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 21, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.0 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.