# NTSB ERA22LA013: Cessna 182, N5797B, Fruitland Park, FL, October 9, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: October 9, 2021, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Fruitland Park, FL
- Coordinates: 28.85, -81.9 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8500&lon=-81.9000&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
- NTSB case key (mKey): 104096
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA22LA013
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104096/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104096
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA013

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to establish a proper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

## 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 182, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072702), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/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 182, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=2072702), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/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 182, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2072702), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/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 182, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2072702), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Cessna 182, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2072702), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot was practicing landings on a grass runway adjacent to his home. He said that when he made his sixth landing, he landed hard, and the nose wheel fork assembly separated from the airplane. The airplane nosed over on to its back, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage, engine mounts, both wings and the vertical stabilizer.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5797B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5797B-2023-09-16), registration cancelled 2023-09-16, S/N 33797, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (registry code 2072702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 33797
- Year built: 1956
- Engines: Continental O-470-R 230 hp reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Missouri Stone Co
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: 5FA1, Flying Palomino Ranch, runway 27, 2,400 × 100 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: basicmed; last flight review October 31, 2020; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 120 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.88 inHg
- Observed at: LEE, 7 nm away
- METAR: KLEE 092153Z 36006KT 10SM CLR 31/19 A2988

## 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 20211009017499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211009017499A), Oct 9, 2021: Cessna 182, Fruitland Park, FL, Substantial damage. Aircraft was landing at a private airfield with a grass surface. Pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings. On the sixth landing, the nose wheel assembly…

## Other investigations on N5797B (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 ATL88LA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA236), Aug 23, 1988: Cessna 182 (N5797B), Bamberg, SC, substantial damage

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 6, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104096. 41.6 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 40.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13102616&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Signed%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- NTSB summary of telephone conversation - FAA and pilot (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 188 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13101633&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%20Summary%20of%20Telephone%20Conversation%20Between%20FAA%20and%20Pilot-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 3, PDF, 2 pages, 2 photos, 592 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13102391&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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