- Date
- September 9, 2004, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lake In The Hil, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N379BFCessna 182T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20040909026079A
- Case key
- 60156
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Probable cause
the excessive descent rate resulting in a hard landing.
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 pilot reported that on his first landing "... the rate of descent was inadequate and the speed higher so I decreased power further but flared too late. The aircraft
bounced off the front and main wheels hard and I immediately applied partial power. The aircraft bounced a second time and I applied full power for an ascent and go-around".
Factual narrative
On September 9, 2004, about 1130 central daylight time, a Cessna 182T, N379BF, piloted by a private pilot was substantially damaged during a landing on runway 26 (3050 feet by 50 feet, asphalt) at Lake in the Hills Airport (3CK) Lake in the Hills, Illinois. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The personal flight was being conducted under 14 CFR Part 91 and the IFR flight plan had been cancelled at the time of the accident. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The flight had originated from Urbana, Illinois about 1020.
The pilot reported that on his first landing "... the rate of descent was inadequate and the speed higher so I decreased power further but flared too late. The aircraft bounced off the front and main wheels hard and I immediately applied partial power."
The pilot reported in the Recommendations Section of the Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report that "Slower and shallower descent on final approach to prevent sudden impact on landing gear".
Aircraft
- Registration
- N379BF
- Reported as
- Cessna 182T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T18208253
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-AK1A, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Urbana, IL
- Destination
- Lake In The Hil, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 271 total · 22 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.