# NTSB CEN22LA379: Cessna 182E, N3519Y, Joliet, IL, July 31, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: July 31, 2022, 11:58 local (16:58 UTC)
- Place: Joliet, IL
- Coordinates: 41.517749, -88.175898 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5177&lon=-88.1759&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 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
- NTSB case key (mKey): 105709
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN22LA379
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105709/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105709
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA379

## Probable cause

The pilot’s inadequate landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182E, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072712), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [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 182E, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2072712), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182E, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2072712), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that during landing on the grass runway the nose landing gear contacted the runway hard, and the airplane bounced. The airplane landed again on the nose landing gear and bounced two more times in an “unstable oscillation” that he had never experienced before. The pilot stopped the airplane on the runway, then taxied to the ramp without further incident. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the fuselage and firewall. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3519Y](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3519Y), registered now, S/N 18254419, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182E
- Registry model: [Cessna 182E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182e) (registry code 2072712) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18254419
- Year built: 1962
- Airframe hours: 5094
- Engines: Continental Motors O-470 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Weber Larry F
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 20, 2021
- Departed: KOSH, Oshkosh, WI
- Destination: KJOT, Joliet, IL
- Airport: KJOT, Joliet Regional Airport, runway 22, 2,746 × 150 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment: Handheld GPS, Data recorder, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Onboard weather

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 75; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: basicmed, without waivers/limitations; last flight review June 1, 2021; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 3,968 total, 3,868 in this make and model, 3,900 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,400 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.09 inHg
- Observed at: KJOT, 1 nm away
- METAR: KJOT 311655Z AUTO 18007KT 10SM BKN044 BKN050 27/18 A3009 RMK AO2 T02670178

## 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 20220731013759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220731013759A), Jul 31, 2022: Cessna 182E, Joliet, IL, Substantial damage. On Sunday, July 31, 2022, [privacy data omitted] the pilot in command (PIC), of[privacy data omitted] a Cessna 182, operated a flight under visual flight rules…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 24, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105709. 6.0 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 5.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14326014&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20-%20pilot_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 2 photos, 577 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14324814&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Docket%20photos-Rel.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.

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