- Date
- July 5, 2004, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lancaster, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N92422Cessna 182N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20040705016989A
- Case key
- 59766
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the gusty winds and his improper flare. The wind gusts were a contributing factor.
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 when the nose landing gear collapsed during a hard landing to a private airstrip. The pilot stated that he encountered a severe downdraft while on short-final for landing. He listed the winds as 100 degrees at 10 knots gusting to 15 knots.
Factual narrative
On July 5, 2004, about 1700 central daylight time, a Cessna 182N, N92422, piloted by a private pilot was substantially damaged when the nose landing gear collapsed during a hard landing on runway 9 at a private airstrip near Lancaster, Wisconsin. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The pilot and his passenger were not injured. The flight originated from the accident airstrip about 1600 and the intended destination was Kenosha, Wisconsin.
In a written report, the pilot stated that he departed his private airstrip bound for Kenosha. He stated that he contacted flight watch and determined that the weather conditions at Kenosha were not acceptable. He reversed course and returned to his private airstrip. He stated that while on short-final for landing he encountered a severe downdraft which resulted in a hard landing. During the landing, the nose landing gear failed. The pilot reported no mechanical deficiencies in his written report.
The pilot listed the winds as 100 degrees at 10 knots gusting to 15 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92422
- Reported as
- Cessna 182N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18260196
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 210 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Steven R. Lopes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PVT · Lancaster, WI
- Destination
- ENW · Kenosha, WI
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 484 total · 400 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N92422 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.