- Date
- November 22, 2003, 13:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Wausau, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N323KWCessna 182R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20031122033559A
- Case key
- 58407
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Probable cause
The pilot 's improper flare which resulted in a hard landing, and the flight instructors inadequate supervision.
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 sustained substantial damage during a hard landing . The pilot stated, "On the last cross wind landing [using] runway [12] no flaps was holding 80 [knots]. Did a practice engine out on short final. The plane came to a stop when the power was pulled. Air speed was at 80 [knots] dropped to nothing, and then the plane [sunk] on to the runway." The flight instructor stated, "After reducing power I asked him if we were holding 75 [knots] ok and he said yes. Then all of a sudden the aircraft settled very fast and we hit hard and bounced and we were headed for the grass, the left side of the runway, I took the control wheel [and] kept us on the runway." Recorded wind at the airport was 060 degrees at 8 knots. The pilot and flight instructor reported no mechanical malfunctions associated with the flight.
Factual narrative
On November 22, 2003, about 1310 central standard time, a Cessna 182R, N323KW, operated by the Civil Air Patrol, sustained substantial damage during a hard landing on runway 12 (4,950 feet x 100 feet, wet asphalt) at Wausau Downtown Airport (AUW), Wausau, Wisconsin. The flight was operating under 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan was on file. The private pilot and flight instructor reported no injuries. The local instructional flight originated from AUW about 1210 and was landing at AUW at the time of the accident.
The pilot stated:
On the last cross wind landing [using] runway [12] no
flaps was holding 80 [knots]. Did a practice engine
out on short final. The plane came to a stop when
the power was pulled. Air speed was at 80 [knots]
dropped to nothing, and then the plane [sunk] on to
the runway. ... I was told [later] that [Automated
Weather Observing System] reported wind gust up
to 18 [knots] but no time was given. I do not know if I
found that gust when power was pulled.
The flight instructor stated:
After reducing power I asked him if we were holding 75
[knots] ok and he said yes. Then all of a sudden the
aircraft settled very fast and we hit hard and bounced
and we were headed for the grass, the left side of the
runway, I took the control wheel [and] kept us on the
runway.
At 1154, the recorded AUW weather was: Wind 040 degrees at 9 knots; visibility 10 statute miles; sky condition scattered 2,200 feet overcast 3,400 feet; temperature 0 degrees C; dew point -3 degrees C; altimeter 29.96 inches of mercury.
At 1254, the recorded AUW weather was: Wind 060 degrees at 8 knots; visibility 5 statute miles; present weather haze; sky condition overcast 2,000 feet; temperature 0 degrees C; dew point -3 degrees C; altimeter 29.93 inches of mercury.
At 1354, the recorded AUW weather was: Wind 050 degrees at 7 knots; visibility 2 statute miles; present weather mist; sky condition overcast 1,600 feet; temperature -1 degrees C; dew point -1 degrees C; altimeter 29.94 inches of mercury.
The pilot and flight instructor reported no mechanical malfunctions associated with the flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N323KW
- Reported as
- Cessna 182R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18268480
- Airframe hours
- 4,214
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Civil Air Patrol
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 22, 2003 · 98 hours before
- Departed
- AUW · Wausau, WI
- Destination
- AUW
- Airport
- AUW · Wausau Muni, runway 12, 4,950 × 100 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- June 21, 2003
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 571 total · 218 in this make and model · 466 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 71
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- July 21, 2003
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,784 total · 1,546 in this make and model · 2,588 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.93 inHg
- Observed at
- AUW, 1 nm away
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 4, 2004, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 935 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.