- Date
- May 11, 2026, 11:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Bennett, CO
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1355SCessna 182P
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 2026
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA - Denver FSDO
- FAA report
- 20260511004919A
- Case key
- 202968
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 flare during landing that resulted in a hard 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 making a straight-in approach for the turf runway. After clearing powerlines near the approach end of the runway, he lowered the airplane nose to continue a normal glidepath and shifted his focus about halfway down the runway. Unexpectedly, the airplane landed hard and came to an abrupt stop. The airplane was sitting on its nose with the nose landing gear collapsed and the propeller blades bent back. He reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation. The airplane received substantial damage to the right wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1355S
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18264918
- Built
- 1976
- Airframe hours
- 5,573
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Flight Services Limited LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 14, 2025
- Departed
- 18V · Hudson, CO
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- CO41 · Campbells Airport, runway 26, 2,573 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 71
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 7, 2024
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 15,547 total · 4 in this make and model · 6,932 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.12 inHg
- Observed at
- KDEN, 9 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KDEN 111953Z 16005KT 10SM FEW100 FEW150 FEW220 27/M09 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP132 T02671094
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 17, 2026, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.7 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.