# NTSB CHI01LA308: Cessna 182K, N2501Q, Mattoon, IL, July 5, 2001

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 5, 2001, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Mattoon, IL
- Coordinates: 39.470184, -88.359497 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4702&lon=-88.3595&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 4, 2002
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 53699
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI01LA308
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/53699/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA308

## Probable cause

The pilot improperly flared the airplane which resulted in a hard landing.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2501Q), registered now, S/N 18257701, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182K
- Registry model: [Cessna 182K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182k) (registry code 2072724) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18257701
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 70; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20010705032999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010705032999A), Jul 5, 2001: Cessna 182K, Mattoon Charles, IL, No damage. (-23) Pilot was enroute to Mattoon, IL (mto) from rockford, IL (rfd). At approximately 1730 local, the pilot flared the aircraft for landing on runway 29, but…

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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