# NTSB DEN07CA117: Cessna 182R, N9890H, Montpelier, VT, July 10, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 10, 2007, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Montpelier, VT
- Coordinates: 44.203609, -72.562225
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2036&lon=-72.5622&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 30, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA  Flight Standards District Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 66162
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN07CA117
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66162/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07CA117

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper flare and subsequent hard landing.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The pilot landed long on runway 35.  He decided to abort the landing and went around.  The second landing was "hard," and the airplane sustained substantial damage to the firewall, landing gear, and propeller.

## Factual narrative

The pilot told an FAA inspector that he landed long on runway 35.  He decided to abort the landing and went around.  The second landing was "hard," and the airplane sustained substantial damage to the firewall, landing gear, and propeller.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9890H](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9890H), registered now, S/N 18268094, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182R
- Registry model: [Cessna 182R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (registry code 2072731) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18268094
- Engines: Lycoming O-540-L3C5D 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Fredrick A. Heim
- Registered owner: Frederic A. Heim
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: Montpelier, VT
- Airport: MPV, Edward F Knapp State, runway 35, 5,002 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 80; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 6,200 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MPV

## 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 20070710832079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070710832079A), Jul 10, 2007: Cessna 182R, Barre Montpeli, VT, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated he landed long and fast on runway 35. When he tried to put the a/c down, he started to porpoise and then he went around and landed. During…

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.

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