# NTSB FTW95LA314: Cessna TR182, N5153R, Center, CO, July 21, 1995

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 21, 1995, 17:52 local (23:52 UTC)
- Place: Center, CO
- Coordinates: 37.749679, -106.110076 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7497&lon=-106.1101&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 24, 1995
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 19511
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW95LA314
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/19511/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95LA314

## Probable cause

IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING BY THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND. A FACTOR WAS A PREMATURE LANDING FLARE.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - premature, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5153R), registered now, S/N R18200637, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Registry model: [Cessna TR182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (registry code 2072735) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TR18200637
- Airframe hours: 1930
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19950721019339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950721019339A), Jul 21, 1995: Cessna TR182, Center, CO, Substantial damage. Bounced landing. Came down on a angle. Departed side of runway as power was added to go around.

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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