# NTSB CHI04CA287: Cessna 182P, N4637K, Washington, MO, September 25, 2004

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: September 25, 2004, 11:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place: Washington, MO
- Coordinates: 38.591667, -90.997779
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5917&lon=-90.9978&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 28, 2004
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 60413
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI04CA287
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/60413/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA287

## Probable cause

The misjudged flare by the student pilot and the inadequate supervision by the flight instructor.  A factor was the overload failure of the nose landing gear.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - flare - misjudged, dual student (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- Gear collapsed, landing
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

The airplane sustained substantial damage during a nose landing gear collapse following a hard landing.  In a written statement, the CFI said, "hard landing on paved runway 34."

## Factual narrative

On September 25, 2004, about 1150 central daylight time, a Cessna 182P, N4637K, piloted by a student pilot and a certified flight instructor (CFI), sustained substantial damage during a nose landing gear collapse following a hard landing on runway 34 (3,821 feet by 50 feet, asphalt), at the Washington Memorial Airport, Washington, Missouri.  The 14 CFR Part 91 training flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan.  There were no injuries.  The local flight originated at an unconfirmed time.

In a written statement, the CFI said, "hard landing on paved runway 34."

The student pilot did not submit a report of the accident.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4637K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4637K-2021-01-08), registration cancelled 2021-01-08, S/N 18263639, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18263639
- Engines: Continental O-470 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Associated Pilots of St. Louis, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: MO6, WASHINGTON, MO
- Airport: MO49, Dummy, runway 34

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Flight instructor; age 64; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, unknown; flight hours: 1,535 total, 0 in this make and model
- Student pilot; injuries: none; student; medical: unknown

## 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20040925024739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040925024739A), Sep 25, 2004: Cessna 182P, Washington, MO, Substantial damage. (-23) The flight instructor, peter gilster (right seat), was administering a bfr to roger echelmeier (left seat). Mr. Echelmeier was outside of bfr currency.…

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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