- Date
- July 21, 1993, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ironwood, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N91705Cessna 182M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930721028199A
- Case key
- 15770
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare for 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 reported he was practicing takeoffs and landings on runway 9, with light winds, '...at times from the north and at times from the east.' He stated 'on the third landing...91705 descended rapidly onto the runway. 91705 bounced back into the air and landed nose wheel first.' The pilot performed a go-around, and the flight continued without further incident. Examination revealed damage to the firewall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91705
- Reported as
- Cessna 182M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 182-59878
- Airframe hours
- 2,126
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stephens, Gordon K.
- Registered owner
- Stephens, Gordon K.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 18, 1993 · 81 hours before
- Airport
- IWD · Gogebic County, runway 9, 6,700 × 150 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 468 total · 9 in this make and model · 468 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.