# NTSB ERA21LA185: Cessna 182Q, N735LC, Flemingsburg, KY, March 27, 2021 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: March 27, 2021, 12:45 local (16:45 UTC) - Place: Flemingsburg, KY · 1st Prop Slash Marks 2,246 ft down runway 7 - Coordinates: 38.54189, -83.743233 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5419&lon=-83.7432&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: 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): 102914 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA21LA185 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102914/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=102914 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA185 ## Probable cause The pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a subsequent hard 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 182Q, 14 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182Q, 34 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/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); cases with it: [Cessna 182Q, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Attempted remediation/recovery](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060); cases with it: [Cessna 182Q, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 1,422 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md) - [Landing: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182Q, 15 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that he planned to practice landings at a nearby airport. During the first approach, the crosswind was higher than he expected, so he completed a go-around, but remained in the traffic pattern and completed a normal landing. Subsequently, he departed from the other end of the runway and remained in the traffic pattern to complete a touch-and go. During the landing the airplane bounced three times, which became progressively harder, and after the third bounce the pilot performed a go-around. The pilot completed a normal landing following the bounced landing, taxied to the ramp, and secured the airplane noting damage to the propeller. Further examination of the airframe after the accident revealed that the lower forward portion of the fuselage had been substantially damaged during the accident sequence. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N735LC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N735LC), registered now, S/N 18265500, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q (NO SERIES) - Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18265500 - Year built: 1977 - Airframe hours: 2441.1 - Engines: Continental O-470-U13B 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Gud Luk Cruzin, LLC - Registered owner: Gud Luk Cruzin, LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, October 4, 2020 - Departed: LUK, Cincinnati, OH - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: FGX, Fleming-Mason, runway 07/25, 5,002 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Stall warning system, ADS-B, Auto-pilot ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 56; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review July 14, 2020; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 131 total, 11 in this make and model, 53 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 140° at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 5,000 ft broken - Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 48 °F - Altimeter: 30.08 inHg - Observed at: FGX ## 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 20210327004889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210327004889A), Mar 27, 2021: Cessna 182Q, Flemingsburg, KY, Substantial damage. Aircraft porpoise on landing causing two propeller strikes, firewall wrinkling, forward fuselage wrinkling, buckling of the cockpit floor aft of the rudder… ## Docket (5 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 17, 2021, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=102914. 7.4 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 5.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12209684&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_1%20Master%20Form_RES(2)%20Recd%204%2025%202021_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Witness statement (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 104 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12209694&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Witness%20Statement_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Record of NTSB conversation (item 3, PDF, 3 pages, 139 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12208625&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=FINAL%20Record%20of%20Conversation%20w%20Stephen%20Beck%204%2015%202021%20v02%20w%20Comments_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Investigative photographs (item 4, PDF, 3 pages, 3 photos, 784 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12214227&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigative%20Photographs-Rel.pdf - Release of aircraft wreckage, NTSB form 6120.15 (item 5, PDF, 1 page, 1.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12209230&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Fully%20Executed%20Wreckage%20Release%20Form_ERA21LA185_Redacted-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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