- Date
- September 18, 2005, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Waukesha, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5467CCessna 182S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- FAA report
- 20050918024339A
- Case key
- 62646
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Probable cause
The misjudged flare by the pilot.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane sustained substantial damage during a hard landing. The pilot reported that the "airplane nose suddenly slammed to the runway." He reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions. The recorded winds were 30-40 degrees off of runway heading at 8 knots.
Factual narrative
On September 18, 2005, about 1200 central daylight time, a Cessna 182S, N5467C, piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage during a hard landing on runway 28 (5,848 feet by 100 feet, concrete), at the Waukesha County Airport, Waukesha, Wisconsin. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The pilot was not injured. The flight originated from the West Bend Municipal Airport, West Bend, Wisconsin, about 1140.
In a written report, the pilot stated that the approach to landing was "routine" until the airplane was within 6-10 feet of the runway. The pilot stated that at that point, "the airplane nose suddenly slammed to the runway. The airplane bounced in a porpoise and I recovered to land the airplane and taxi off of the runway." The pilot listed no mechanical failures or malfunctions of the airplane.
At 1145, the recorded winds at the accident airport were 240 degrees magnetic at 8 knots. At 1245 the recorded winds were 250 degrees magnetic at 8 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5467C
- Reported as
- Cessna 182S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18280230
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-AB1A5, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jon H. Stowe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ETB · West Bend, WI
- Destination
- UES · Waukesha, WI
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
- 60
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 191 total · 187 in this make and model · 134 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.05 inHg
- Observed at
- KUES
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 N5467C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.