# NTSB DEN00LA138: Cessna 182P, N9886M, Broomfield, CO, July 23, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: July 23, 2000, 17:48 local (23:48 UTC) - Place: Broomfield, CO - Coordinates: 39.940361, -105.059867 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9404&lon=-105.0599&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 3 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 2, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 49789 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN00LA138 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/49789/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA138 ## Probable cause The pilot's inaccurate recovery from a bounced landing. Factors were lack of total pilot experience and lack of pilot experience in aircraft make and model. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown - recovery from bounced landing - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause) - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor) - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor) ## Analysis During a touch and go landing on a local area personal flight, the pilot was given a 'short' approach to runway 29L (9,000 feet long and 100 feet wide). The final approach was high and fast and the aircraft landed hard and bounced several times with the bounces becoming divergent. During this evolution, the nose landing gear and firewall sustained damage. Weather at the time of the accident was scattered clouds, wind from 200 degrees at 10 knots and a temperature of 93 degrees. Density altitude was calculated to be 9,300 feet. The pilot had 144 hours total flight time, 7 hours in the accident aircraft make and model, and his flight time in the accident aircraft make and model was all accumulated in the 30 day period preceding the accident. ## Factual narrative On July 23, 2000, at 1748 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 182P, N9886M, was landed hard at Jefferson County Airport, Broomfield, Colorado. The private pilot and his two passengers were not injured and the aircraft sustained substantial damage. The flight was operating under Title 14 CFR Part 91 and no flight plan was filed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for this local area personal flight, which originated at 1700. According to the pilot, the tower controller gave him a "short" approach for a touch-and-go landing on runway 29L (9,000 feet long and 100 feet wide) and his final approach was high and fast. The aircraft made a hard landing and bounced several times. The continued bounces became divergent causing damage to the firewall and nose landing gear assembly. The pilot reported that he had 144 hours total flight time and 7 hours in the accident aircraft make and model. His total time in make and model was all accumulated in the 30-day period prior to the accident. Weather at the time of the mishap was scattered clouds at 6,000 feet, wind from 200 degrees at 10 knots and a temperature of 93 degrees Fahrenheit. The density altitude was calculated to be 9,300 feet. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9886M](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9886M), registered now, S/N 18264784 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 182P - Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18264784 - Airframe hours: 6310 - Engines: Continental O-470S 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Air West Flying Club - Registered owner: G & M Aircraft, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, July 15, 2000, 13 hours before - Departed: BJC - Airport: BJC, Jefferson County, runway 29L, 9,000 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 23; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 144 total, 7 in this make and model, 89 as pilot in command, 49 in the last 90 days, 39 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 200° at 10 knots - Visibility: 60 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 93 °F, dew point 46 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: BJC, 1 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 20000723004919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000723004919A), Jul 23, 2000: Cessna 182P, Denver, CO, No damage. (-23) A/c departed bjc at approximately 16:45 MDT LCL on a local flight with the pilot and two passengers on board after approximately one hour the a/c… ## Other investigations on N9886M (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 LAX06LA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA242), Jul 23, 2006: Cessna 182P (N9886M), Hemet, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the shaking and backfiring of the engine for undetermined reasons. 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.