- Date
- July 21, 1995, 17:52 local (23:52 UTC)
- Place
- Center, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5153RCessna TR182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950721019339A
- Case key
- 19511
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Probable cause
Improper recovery from a bounced landing by the pilot-in-command. A factor was a premature landing flare.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot made a steep approach to land over power lines off the approach end of the runway. He flared high, and on landing, the aircraft bounced and the bounce became divergent. The wind was approximately 60 degrees right of the nose at 15 knots and the aircraft departed the side of the runway after power was added to go around.
Factual narrative
On July 21, 1995, at 1752 mountain daylight time, a Cessna TR182, N5153R, sustained substantial damage during landing roll at Center, Colorado. The pilot received minor injuries, and his three passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for this personal flight which departed Grand Junction, Colorado, earlier in the day.
According to the pilot and witness, the approach was steep, due to clearing power lines at the approach end of the runway. The landing flare was high resulting in a bounced landing which the witness said became divergent. The pilot said the crosswind (approximately 60 degrees right at 15 knots) caused the airplane to depart the side of the runway where it nosed over in soft terrain. According to the pilot and witness, power was added as the bounce became divergent in an attempt to go around.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5153R
- Reported as
- Cessna TR182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TR18200637
- Airframe hours
- 1,930
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-LSC5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Delbert L. Mcclure
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 7, 1994 · 98 hours before
- Departed
- GJT · Grand Junction, CO
- Destination
- 1V8
- Airport
- 1V8 · Center Leach, runway 30, 6,965 × 48 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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,109 total · 380 in this make and model · 25 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALS, 28 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.