- Date
- June 14, 2002, 21:00 local (Jun 15, 2002, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Vermillion, SD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4833NCessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20020614013769A
- Case key
- 55134
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane was substantially damaged during a hard landing. The pilot stated that he bounced and hit hard during landing. He then executed a go-around and landed the airplane during his second landing attempt.
Factual narrative
On June 14, 2002, at 2100 central daylight time, a Cessna 182Q, N4833N, piloted by a commercial pilot, was substantially damaged during a hard landing on runway 30 (4,105 feet by 75 feet, asphalt) at the Harold Davidson Field Airport (VMR), Vermillion, South Dakota. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was not operating on a flight plan. The pilot and passenger were uninjured. The flight originated from the Eppley Airfield Airport, Omaha, Nebraska, at 2100, and was en route to VMR.
The pilot stated in a written statement, "While landing a 182 I bounced, applied full power and hit hard, bending the nose wheel. I executed a go-around then landed."
The Federal Aviation Administration inspector's examination of the airplane revealed that the nose gear and firewall were bent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4833N
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18267403
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Phillip Prossnitz
- Registered owner
- James Gavers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- OMA · Omaha, NE
- Destination
- VMR · Vermillion, SD
- Airport
- VMR · Harold Davidson Field, runway 30, 4,105 × 75 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
- 46
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- November 15, 2001
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 450 total · 120 in this make and model · 450 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 320° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.94 inHg
- Observed at
- YKN, 16 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 13, 2003, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 271 KB 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.