- Date
- August 4, 2006, 16:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Roset, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3344YCessna 182E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards Field Office
- FAA report
- 20060804014559A
- Case key
- 64285
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Probable cause
an inadvertent pilot-induced porpoise and his improper remedial action. A contributing factor was the wind gust.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot was landing on runway 34 at his private airstrip (2,100 ft. x 50 ft., dirt). He said the wind, as reported by a nearby ASOS (Automated Surface Observing System), was from 300 degrees at 7 knots, with gusts to 16 knots. He approached at 65 KIAS (knots indicated airspeed), using 20 degrees of flaps. "On short final I experienced a sharp gust of wind and increased power and added more left rudder to compensate," the pilot wrote. The airplane touched down 12-15 knots too fast and the airplane began to porpoise halfway down the runway. The nose gear hit "sharply." The pilot taxied to his hangar. Post accident examination revealed the firewall was wrinkled and the propeller was bent.
Factual narrative
On August 3, 2006, approximately 1615 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 182E, N3344Y, piloted by a private pilot, was substantially damaged when it struck terrain while landing at private airstrip in Roset, Wyoming. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal cross-country flight was being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91, and a VFR flight plan had been filed. The pilot and his passenger were not injured. The flight originated at Billings, Montana, approximately 1500 and was en route to Roset, Wyoming.
According to a telephone interview with the pilot and the accident report he submitted, he was landing on runway 34, (2,100 ft. x 50 ft., dirt) at his private airstrip. He said the wind, as reported by the Gillette ASOS (Automated Surface Observing System), was from 300 degrees at 7 knots, with gusts to 16 knots. He approached at 65 KIAS (knots indicated airspeed), using 20 degrees of flaps. "On short final I experienced a sharp gust of wind and increased power and added more left rudder to compensate," the pilot wrote. The airplane touched down 12-15 knots too fast and the airplane began to porpoise halfway down the runway. The nose gear hit "sharply." The pilot taxied to his hangar. Post accident examination revealed the firewall was wrinkled and the propeller was bent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3344Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 182E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18254344
- Airframe hours
- 4,401
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R-45B, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John C. Reynolds
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 2006 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- BIL · Billings, MT
- Destination
- NONE · Roset, WA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- NONE · Private Airstrip, runway 34, 2,100 × 50 ft, dirt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 1, 2005
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 183 total · 154 in this make and model · 142 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.89 inHg
- Observed at
- GCC, 12 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.
Other investigations on N3344Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.