# NTSB CEN13CA292: Cessna 162, N6106, Erie, CO, May 22, 2013 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: May 22, 2013, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC) - Place: Erie, CO - Coordinates: 40.010276, -105.048057 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0103&lon=-105.0481&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 23, 2013 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA Flight Standards District Office - NTSB case key (mKey): 86973 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN13CA292 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/86973/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=86973 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA292 ## Probable cause The pilot’s total lack of experience in aircraft make/model, and his failure to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing to the accident was the operator’s lack of oversight is allowing the airplane to be rented to the pilot. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Experience/qualifications: total experience w/ equipment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031025): Personnel issues › Experience/knowledge · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 269 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031025/cases.md) - [Action: incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,386 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md) - [Oversight: oversight of operation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04032015): Organizational issues › Support/oversight/monitoring · Operator (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 61 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/04032015/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: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis The airplane was going too fast for landing and it bounced and began to porpoise. The airplane veered off the west side of the runway and the left outboard wing and bottom forward fuselage sustained substantial damage. The pilot said he had never flown or had been checked out in the Cessna 162. He also said he had not flown for some time and was trying to regain currency. ## Factual narrative According to the pilot, he had reserved a Cessna 172 but was mistakenly given a Cessna 162, an airplane he had never flown. After flying to the practice area and preforming slow flight with flaps extended, he returned to the airport for landing. He said there was a helicopter ahead of him and he considered performing a go-around. The helicopter cleared the runway and the pilot decided to land. The airplane was going too fast and it bounced and began to porpoise. The airplane veered off the west side of the runway. The nose gear collapsed and the left wing struck the ground. The airplane came to rest approximately midfield. According to the operator, the firewall, fuselage, and rear bulkhead were buckled, and the left front and rear wing spars were bent. The pilot said he had never flown or had been checked out in a Cessna 162. In addition, he had not flown for some time and was trying to regain currency. ## Aircraft - Registration: N6106 (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 162 - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 16200215 - Airframe hours: 297 - Engines: Continental O-200-D(1) 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Vector Air, LLC - Registered owner: Capitol Air, LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental light sport (Special) - Last inspection: 100 hour, May 3, 2012, 27 hours before - Departed: KEIK, Erie, CO - Destination: KEIK, Erie, CO - Airport: KEIK, Erie Municipal, runway 31, 4,700 × 60 ft, concrete ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 69; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review April 29, 2012; seat: left; flight hours: 1,756 total, 1 in this make and model, 1,756 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 310° at 15 knots, gusting 20 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 97 °F, dew point 37 °F - Altimeter: 29.93 inHg ## Docket (5 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 26, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=86973. 5.2 MB in all. - NTSB Form 6120, Pilot-Operator Aircraft Accident Report (item 1, .PDF, 3.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40394427&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=NTSB%20Form%206120,%20Pilot-Operator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report-Redacted.PDF - Weather Reports and Records (item 2, .PDF, 49 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40394455&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Weather%20Reports%20and%20Records-Master.PDF - Photo 1 - Left side of airplane and collapsed nose landing gear (item 3, .PDF, 532 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40394452&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%20-%20Left%20side%20of%20airplane%20and%20collapsed%20nose%20landing%20gear-Master.PDF - Photo 2 - Outboard left wing damage (item 4, .PDF, 411 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40394453&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%202%20-%20Outboard%20left%20wing%20damage-Master.PDF - Photo 3 - Buckled fuselage skin (item 5, .PDF, 320 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40394454&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%203%20-%20Buckled%20fuselage%20skin-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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