- Date
- May 1, 2010, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Parkersburg, WV
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N935FACessna 182T
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 12, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20100501033689A
- Case key
- 75928
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Probable cause
The pilot's loss of aircraft control while landing with a gusting wind.
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
According to the pilot, while landing following a cross-country flight the airplane touched down and began to bounce. The pilot attempted to recover, but the airplane bounced twice and, when the pilot felt that the airplane was about to stall, he initiated a missed approach. The pilot then flew the traffic pattern and landed again uneventfully. The pilot stated that, while taxiing to the parking ramp, he could not steer the airplane and that the ground guide observed that the nose landing gear tire was flat. An inspection of the airplane performed by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed substantial damage to the lower firewall. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical problems with the airplane. A weather observation taken about the time of the accident recorded the wind as from 260 degrees at 12 knots, gusting to 16 knots.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot, during landing following a cross country flight, the airplane touched down and began to porpoise. The pilot attempted to recover, but the airplane bounced twice. After the second bounce, the pilot felt the airplane was about to stall, and initiated a missed approach. The pilot then flew the traffic pattern and landed again uneventfully. While taxiing to the General Aviation parking ramp, he stated that he could not steer the airplane, and the ground guide observed that the nose landing gear tire was flat. An inspection of the airplane performed by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector revealed substantial damage to the lower firewall. The pilot reported there were no mechanical problems with the airplane. A weather observation taken about the time of the accident recorded the wind as 253 degrees at 12 knots, gusting 16 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N935FA
- Reported as
- Cessna 182T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18281935
- Airframe hours
- 1,158
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-AB1A5, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Caylin LLC
- Registered owner
- Caylin LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 13, 2010
- Departed
- KFDK · Frederick, MD
- Destination
- PKB · Parkersburg, WV
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PBK · Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airpo, runway 21, 6,781 × 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
- 54
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 28, 2009
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 267 total · 8 in this make and model · 190 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 12 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.89 inHg
- Observed at
- KPKB
Docket · 5
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 17, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.9 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.