- Date
- June 12, 2008, 22:30 local (Jun 13, 2008, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Omaha, NE
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2164YCessna T182T
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 2008
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Lincoln Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20080612840449A
- Case key
- 68354
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper use of the elevator trim resulting in a nose low/hard landing.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that the aircraft bounced several times while attempting a night time landing causing a nose tire blowout and substantial damage to the airplane. The pilot stated that he utilized too much nose down trim. An examination of the airplane systems revealed no anomalies.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot, the airplane was landing runway 32R. Prior to the flare, "the nose wheel touched the runway and the airplane bounced." The pilot "held the yoke steady and the airplane settled" unto the runway a second time resulting in another "bounce" that was higher than the first. Following a third "bounce" the pilot reported hearing a "thud", after which he applied power and initiated a go-around. During a second landing attempt the pilot reported that he was unable to raise the nose for the flare which resulted in the nose wheel touching the runway prematurely and another go-around. The third landing attempt was successful and the aircraft was towed from the runway due to a blown nose gear tire. The pilot stated, "Apparently I dialed in too much nose-down trim. This made it harder to pull the nose up for a good flare at the right time."
Examination of the airframe, conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on June 27, revealed a blown front tire, a wrinkled firewall, and forward nose gear tunnel damage. The accident was reported to the National Transportation Safety Board on this same date. The pilot did not report any systems or control anomalies leading up to the accident. An examination of the airplane systems conducted by the FAA revealed no anomalies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2164Y
- Reported as
- Cessna T182T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T18208685
- Airframe hours
- 338
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-AK1A, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 2008
- Departed
- FCM · Minneapolis, MN
- Destination
- OMA · Omaha, NE
- Airport
- OMA · Eppley Airfield, runway 32R, 8,500 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 340 total · 34 in this make and model · 236 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 330° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.73 inHg
- Observed at
- KOMA, 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.