# NTSB ERA21LA113: Cessna 182, N42714, Rockingham, NC, January 23, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: January 23, 2021, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place: Rockingham, NC
- Coordinates: 34.891796, -79.757152 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8918&lon=-79.7572&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/ FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 102557
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA21LA113
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102557/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=102557
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA113

## Probable cause

The pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a subsequent hard landing and a runway excursion.

## Findings

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

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182L, 12 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072726), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182L, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2072726), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md)
- [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182L, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=2072726), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/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) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182L, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2072726), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [Cessna 182L, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=2072726), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 182L, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072726), [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 182L, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2072726), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that after a local flight, during the second landing, the airplane began to porpoise after the first touchdown. When the airplane touched down for a third time, the impact was hard, and the nose wheel separated from its strut. The airplane subsequently departed the runway and nosed over, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage, empennage, and wings. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N42714](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N42714), registered now, S/N 18259157, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182 (L)
- Registry model: [Cessna 182L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (registry code 2072726) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18259157
- Year built: 1968
- Airframe hours: 5249
- Engines: Continental O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 12, 2020
- Departed: RCZ, Rockingham, NC
- Airport: RCZ, Richmond County Airport, runway 14/32, 5,001 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: ADS-B

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review April 16, 2020; seat: left; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 130 total, 11 in this make and model, 69 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 50 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter: 30.19 inHg
- Observed at: KRCZ
- METAR: KRCZ 232035Z AUTO 35007KT 10SM CLR 10/M13 A3019 RMK AO2 T01031131

## 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 20210123001129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210123001129A), Jan 23, 2021: Cessna 182L, Rockingham, NC, Substantial damage. During touchdown phase of flight, pilot stated aircraft bounced after initial touchdown, bouncing even higher after 2nd touchdown, then began to porpoise. Nose…

## Other investigations on N42714 (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI75FEV41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75FEV41), Jun 30, 1975: Cessna 182 (N42714), Gibson City, IL, substantial damage

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 13, 2021, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=102557. 5.9 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 5.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12405815&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%20Report%206120.1_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photo array (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 2 photos, 312 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12405825&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-Rel.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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