# NTSB ERA11CA062: Cessna 182, N1992D, Sevierville, TN, November 12, 2010

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: November 12, 2010, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Sevierville, TN
- Coordinates: 35.854721, -83.523887 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8547&lon=-83.5239&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 8, 2011
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 77817
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA11CA062
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/77817/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77817
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA062

## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing.

## Findings

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

- [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182T, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2072703), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md)
- [Action: incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182T, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md?model=2072703), [All aircraft, 1,386 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/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: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182T, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=2072703), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot stated that he was conducting a touch-and-go landing when the airplane porpoised upon touchdown. He stated that the airplane bounced three or four times and the propeller hit the runway. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the engine firewall. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or anomalies with the airplane.

## Factual narrative

The pilot stated that he was conducting a touch-and-go landing when the airplane porpoised upon touchdown. He stated that the airplane bounced three or four times and the propeller hit the runway. Examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the engine firewall. The pilot reported there were no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies with the airplane, and said that the accident may have been prevented had he chosen to conduct full-stop landings rather than touch-and-go landings.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1992D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1992D), registered now, S/N 18281716, built 2005 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182 (T)
- Registry model: [Cessna 182T](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182t) (registry code 2072703) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18281716
- Engines: LYCOMING IO540 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: HHM Properties
- Registered owner: HHM Properties
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: GKT, Sevierville, TN
- Destination: GKT, Sevierville, TN
- Airport: GKT, Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge, runway 28, 5,506 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 76 total, 7 in this make and model, 19 as pilot in command, 29 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 30.27 inHg
- Observed at: TYS, 23 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20101112051619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101112051619A), Nov 12, 2010: Cessna 182T, Sevierville, TN, Substantial damage. Upon landing, aircraft bounced. Airman did not take appropriate corrective action and aircraft touched down on the nose landing gear causing substantial damage…

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 29, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77817. 534 KB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 534 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40340928&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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