# NTSB ERA10CA418: Cessna 182F, N3562Y, Canon, GA, August 12, 2010

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: August 12, 2010, 12:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place: Canon, GA
- Coordinates: 34.337501, -83.125 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3375&lon=-83.1250&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 20, 2010
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 76953
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA10CA418
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/76953/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=76953
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA418

## Probable cause

The pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Action: incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182F, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md?model=2072714), [All aircraft, 1,386 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: pitch control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062022): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182F, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062022/cases.md?model=2072714), [All aircraft, 526 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062022/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092); cases with it: [Cessna 182F, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2072714), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182F, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072714), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 182F, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072714), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Cessna 182F, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2072714), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Analysis

According to the pilot, during a landing on runway 26, the airplane hit the runway "very hard," then proceeded to "porpoise." After two bounces, the pilot added power with the nose "already pointed down," and during the third bounce, the propeller struck the runway, resulting in engine stoppage and firewall damage. The pilot did not report any pre-accident mechanical anomalies with the airplane. Winds, reported at the time of the accident, were from 260 degrees true, at 8 knots.

## Factual narrative

According to the pilot, during a landing on runway 26, the airplane hit the runway "very hard," then proceeded to "porpoise." After two bounces, the pilot added power with the nose "already pointed down," and during the third bounce, the propeller struck the runway, resulting in engine stoppage and firewall damage. The pilot did not report any pre-accident mechanical anomalies with the airplane. Winds, reported at the time of the accident, were from 260 degrees true, at 8 knots.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3562Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3562Y-2018-02-15), registration cancelled 2018-02-15, S/N 18254462, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F
- Registry model: [Cessna 182F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (registry code 2072714) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18254462
- Airframe hours: 2499
- Engines: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Southern Precision Components Inc
- Registered owner: Southern Precision Components Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 14, 2009, 16 hours before
- Departed: TOC, Toccoa, GA
- Destination: 18A, Cannon, GA
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: 18A, Franklin County Airport, runway 26, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 72; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review August 6, 2010; seat: left; flight hours: 1,100 total, 600 in this make and model, 826 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 8 knots, gusting 14
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 6,800 ft
- Temperature: 95 °F, dew point 86 °F
- Altimeter: 29.98 inHg
- Observed at: 18A

## 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 20100812048079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100812048079A), Aug 12, 2010: Cessna 182F, Cannon, GA, Substantial damage. Pilot indicated he made a routine approach to runway 26 at Franklin County Airport (18A) for landing, at touchdown the aircraft hit hard on the mains and…

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 22, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=76953. 378 KB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 378 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40335031&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF

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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