- Date
- March 11, 1989, 11:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Sandwich, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2096SCessna TR182 II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890311003619A
- Case key
- 14329
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Probable cause
The pilot's poor handling of the aircraft, improper flare and inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.
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 pilot executed a hard landing, touching down nose wheel first, and bounced two to three times before the nose gear broke off. The aircraft nosed down. The pilot steered the aircraft off the runway into the grass as it slid to a stop. The pilot stated that he 'needed to fly more often.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2096S
- Reported as
- Cessna TR182 II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18201300
- Airframe hours
- 835
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harris, Michael
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 15, 1988 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- MDW · Chicago, IL
- Destination
- C48 · Sandwich, IL
- Airport
- C48 · Sandwich, runway 26, 2,988 × 50 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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 511 total · 23 in this make and model · 361 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ARR, 11 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.