- Date
- October 2, 2011, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lincoln Park, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1835MCessna 182P
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20111002022409A
- Case key
- 81976
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper landing flare.
Findings · 2
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 stated that he was practicing takeoffs and landings, and during the landing, he flared too high and the airplane landed hard. A postaccident examination revealed substantial damage to the propeller, nose landing gear, and firewall. The pilot reported there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane.
Factual narrative
The pilot/owner stated that he was practicing takeoffs and landings at the time of the accident. During the fourth landing, the landing flare was "too high" and the airplane landed hard. The pilot taxied the airplane to parking, where a post-flight inspection revealed substantial damage to the propeller, nose landing gear, and firewall. The pilot reported there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with his airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1835M
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18264459
- Airframe hours
- 4,381
- Engine
- Cont Motor O-470 SERIES, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sinensky Dr Gary
- Registered owner
- Sinensky Dr Gary
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 13, 2011 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- N07 · Lincoln Park, NJ
- Destination
- N07 · Lincoln Park, NJ
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- N07 · Lincoln Park, runway 19, 2,942 × 40 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
- 57
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 2, 2010
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 585 total · 345 in this make and model · 481 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.80 inHg
- Observed at
- CDW, 4 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 10, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 339 KB 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.
Other investigations on N1835M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.