# NTSB CHI05CA270: Cessna 182S, N5467C, Waukesha, WI, September 18, 2005 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: September 18, 2005, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC) - Place: Waukesha, WI - Coordinates: 43.038417, -88.237867 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0384&lon=-88.2379&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report January 31, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Milwaukee, Wisconsin - NTSB case key (mKey): 62646 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI05CA270 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62646/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA270 ## Probable cause The misjudged flare by the pilot. ## 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) ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5467C), registered now, S/N 18280230, built 1998 (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: 18280230 - Engines: 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 60; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20050918024339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050918024339A), Sep 18, 2005: Cessna 182S, Waukesha, WI, Substantial damage. (-23) Cessna 182, N5467C received substantial damage after landing on runway 28 at the Waukesha County Airport, Waukesha Wisconsin on September 18, 2005. The… ## Other investigations on N5467C (1) 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. - [NTSB CEN13CA435](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA435), Jul 24, 2013: Cessna 182S (N5467C), Steamboat Springs, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delay in reacting to the adverse wind conditions. 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. 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