# NTSB CHI04LA232: Cessna 182S, N537CR, Eastport, MI, August 15, 2004 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: August 15, 2004, 09:00 local (13:00 UTC) - Place: Eastport, MI - Coordinates: 45.080638, -85.340248 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0806&lon=-85.3402&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 3 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 28, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 60177 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI04LA232 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/60177/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA232 ## Probable cause The pilot misjudging the landing flare resulting in the hard landing and his unsuccessful remedial action following the bounced landing. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Hard landing, landing - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause) - recovery from bounced landing - not successful, pilot in command (cause) - Nose gear collapsed, landing - landing gear,nose gear - overload - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - terrain condition - runway ## Analysis The airplane was damaged during landing. The pilot stated that the airplane bounced during landing and struck a small depression in the turf runway when it came back down. The nose landing gear was separated from the airplane. The airplane came to rest on the engine cowling. ## Factual narrative On August 15, 2004, about 0900 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 182S, N537CR, piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage when the nose landing gear collapsed during landing on runway 27 (3,300 feet by 100 feet, turf), at the Torchport Airport, Eastport, Michigan. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The pilot and two passengers were not injured. The flight originated from Grosse Isle, Michigan about 0700. In a written statement, the pilot stated that during landing, the airplane settled to the ground and then bounced about 2 feet into the air. He stated that airplane came back down and the nose wheel impacted a small depression in the airstrip. He said that he held the nose off of the ground for about another 60 to 100 yards before the airplane settled onto the engine cowl. The airplane sustained damage to the propeller, engine, engine mount, firewall and fuselage. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N537CR](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N537CR-2005-06-30), registration cancelled 2005-06-30, S/N 18280942, built 2001 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 182S - Registry model: [Cessna 182S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182s) (registry code 2072701) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18280942 - Airframe hours: 564 - Engines: Lycoming IO-540 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Carl E. Rigg - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, January 1, 2004, 73 hours before - Departed: ONZ, Grosse Isle, MI - Destination: 59M, Eastport, MI - Airport: 59M, Torchport, runway 27, 3,300 × 100 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 67; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review March 1, 2003; seat: left; flight hours: 1,075 total, 580 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days, 27 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 59 °F, dew point 52 °F - Altimeter: 30.31 inHg - Observed at: KTVC, 21 nm away ## 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 20040815021559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040815021559A), Aug 15, 2004: Cessna 182S, Eastport, MI, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot landed on runway 27 at the Torchport airpark in Eastport, MI. During landing rollout, aircraft bounced into the air due to rolling terrain on… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.