- Date
- July 5, 2001, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mattoon, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2501QCessna 182K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 4, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20010705032999A
- Case key
- 53699
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Probable cause
The pilot improperly flared the airplane which resulted in a hard landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported he flared the airplane too high during a landing and the airplane bounced on the runway. Firewall damage was noticed the following day when the pilot performed an aircraft preflight.
Factual narrative
On July 5, 2001, at 1730 central daylight time, a Cessna 182K, N2501Q, operated by a commercial pilot, bounced while landing on runway 29 (6,501 feet by 150 feet, dry concrete) at the Mattoon-Coles County Airport, Mattoon, Illinois. The pilot was not injured. The airplane received substantial damage. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was being operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The flight originated from Rockford, Illinois, exact time unknown.
The pilot reported he flared too high during the landing and the airplane bounced on the runway. The pilot noticed that the airplane's firewall was damaged while preflighting the airplane the following day.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2501Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 182K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18257701
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frederick W. Hiort
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- RFD · Rockford, IL
- Destination
- MTO · Mattoon, IL
- Airport
- MTO · Mattoon-Coles County, runway 29, 6,501 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 70
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- August 23, 2000
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 327 total · 206 in this make and model · 25 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Observed at
- CMI, 39 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.