# NTSB CEN13CA435: Cessna 182S, N5467C, Steamboat Springs, CO, July 24, 2013 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: July 23, 2013, 22:30 local (Jul 24, 2013, 03:30 UTC) - Place: Steamboat Springs, CO - Coordinates: 40.509723, -106.859725 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5097&lon=-106.8597&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report September 5, 2013 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA Flight Standards District Office - NTSB case key (mKey): 87573 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN13CA435 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/87573/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=87573 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA435 ## Probable cause The pilot's delay in reacting to the adverse wind conditions. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Action: delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182S, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md?model=2072701), [All aircraft, 894 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md) - [Wind: downdraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034035): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182S, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034035/cases.md?model=2072701), [All aircraft, 178 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034035/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: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182S, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2072701), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot made two uneventful night full-stop landings, noting "swirling winds" on final approach that were "strange" but had "no considerable impact." As he flared for the third landing, the airplane "went nose down in a quick motion." He heard the nose gear strut collapse so he added power and made a go-around. He then landed uneventfully. Post-accident examination revealed the firewall and related structural components had been bent. There were also 1/6-inch nicks on two of the three propeller blade tips. According to the airport's AWOS (Automated Weather Observing System), the wind was calm at the time of the accident. ## Factual narrative According to the pilot's written statement, he had made two uneventful night full-stop landings, noting "swirling winds" on final approach that were "strange" but had "no considerable impact." As he flared for the third landing, the airplane "went nose down in a quick motion." He heard the nose gear strut collapse so he added power and made a go-around. He then landed uneventfully. Post-accident examination revealed the firewall and related structural components had been bent. There were also 1/6-inch nicks on 2 of the 3 propeller blade tips. According to the airport's AWOS (Automated Weather Observing System), the wind was calm at the time of the accident. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N5467C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5467C), registered now, S/N 18280230, built 1998 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182S - Registry model: [Cessna 182S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182s) (registry code 2072701) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18280230 - Airframe hours: 2491 - Engines: Lycoming IO-540-AB1A5 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Steamboat Springs Flying Club - Registered owner: Steamboat Springs Flying Club - Airworthiness certificate: Unknown - Last inspection: Annual, July 22, 2013, 100 hours before - Departed: KSBS, Steamboat Springs, CO - Destination: KSBS, Steamboat Springs, CO - Airport: KSBS, Bob Adams Field, runway 32, 4,452 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 28; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review October 22, 2012; seat: left; flight hours: 140 total, 40 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 19 °F - Altimeter: 30.22 inHg - Observed at: KSBS ## 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 20130723021239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130723021239A), Jul 23, 2013: Cessna 182S, Steamboat Sprin, CO, Substantial damage. On July 23, 2013, at 2230 MDT, at the Steamboat Springs/bob Adams field airport, Colorado, N5467C, a Cessna CE-182, experienced substantial damage when the… ## Other investigations on N5467C (1) 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. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB CHI05CA270](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA270), Sep 18, 2005: Cessna 182S (N5467C), Waukesha, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The misjudged flare by the pilot. ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 22, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=87573. 611 KB in all. - Pilot's NASA Report (item 1, .PDF, 561 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40397631&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%27s%20NASA%20Report-Redacted.PDF - Weather Reports and Records (item 2, .PDF, 49 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40397633&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Weather%20Reports%20and%20Records-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. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.