# NTSB CEN20CA223: Cessna 182J, N3005F, Olive Branch, MS, June 3, 2020 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report - Date: June 2, 2020, 19:30 local (Jun 3, 2020, 00:30 UTC) - Place: Olive Branch, MS - Coordinates: 34.97861, -89.786941 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9786&lon=-89.7869&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: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration; Jackson FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 101417 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN20CA223 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/101417/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=101417 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA223 ## Probable cause The student pilot's improper landing flare and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision, which resulted in a hard landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182J, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2072722), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md) - [Action: lack of action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182J, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/cases.md?model=2072722), [All aircraft, 792 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/cases.md) - [Attention/monitoring: monitoring other person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535): Personnel issues › Psychological · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182J, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535/cases.md?model=2072722), [All aircraft, 200 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182J, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072722), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/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: [Cessna 182J, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=2072722), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot completed two landings from the airport traffic pattern during the instructional flight with the flight instructor seated in the left pilot seat. The flight instructor stated the landings were not "smooth," but were within limits. During the third landing, the airplane landed hard. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the firewall and the bottom of the fuselage. The flight instructor stated that there were no mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N3005F](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3005F), registered now, S/N 18257105, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 182J - Registry model: [Cessna 182J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182j) (registry code 2072722) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18257105 - Year built: 1966 - Engines: Continental O-470 SERIES reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: OLV, Olive Branch, MS - Destination: OLV, Olive Branch, MS - Airport: OLV, Olive Branch Airport, runway 18, 6,000 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Unknown ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 22; injuries: none; flight instructor, private, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review May 20, 2020; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 267.2 total, 1.5 in this make and model, 229.5 as pilot in command, 233.1 in the last 90 days, 9.1 in the last 30 days, 1.5 in the last 24 hours - Student pilot; age 31; injuries: none; student; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: right; restraint: 3-point ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 280° at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 4,300 ft broken - Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 70 °F - Altimeter: 29.89 inHg - Observed at: OLV ## 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 20200603009039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200603009039A), Jun 3, 2020: Cessna 182J, Olive Branch, MS, Substantial damage. Student doing practice landings in pattern. Student had two previous landings that were ok. On the third landing, after making an appropriate approach, student… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 9, 2020, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=101417. 2.4 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 2.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=11344258&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20Flt%20Instructor%20Master_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Email from student pilot regarding pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 11 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=11343534&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20Student%20Master_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photo (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 168 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=11347490&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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