- Date
- April 30, 2015, 17:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Newburyport, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9085QCessna 182T
- Defining event
- Landing-aborted after touchdown: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 8, 2015
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- Boston FSDO (FAA)
- FAA report
- 20150430006179A
- Case key
- 91178
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to recover from a bounced landing, which resulted in substantial damage to the airplane during the runway overrun.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
After two approaches that resulted in go-arounds, the pilot touched down on the third landing attempt. The pilot reported that he touched down too fast and bounced three times in a "classic porpoise." On the third bounce he attempted a go-around but had insufficient runway remaining. Subsequently, the airplane overran the runway and the main landing gear and nose wheel dug into soft mud. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings and fuselage. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
After two approaches that resulted in go-arounds, the pilot touched down on the third landing attempt. The pilot reported that he touched down too fast and bounced three times in a "classic porpoise." On the third bounce he attempted a go-around but had insufficient runway remaining. Subsequently, the airplane overran the runway and the main landing gear and nose wheel dug into soft mud. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings and fuselage. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9085Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 182T (T)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T18209023
- Built
- 2011
- Airframe hours
- 802.6
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-AK1A, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kep2 Aviation LLC
- Registered owner
- Kep2 Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 4, 2014
- Departed
- BLM · Belmar/Farmingdale, NJ
- Destination
- 2B2 · Newburyport, MA
- Airport
- 2B2 · Plum Island, runway 28, 2,105 × 50 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS, Onboard weather, Stall warning system, Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display
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
- 57
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 28, 2014
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 113 total · 28 in this make and model · 58 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.87 inHg
- Observed at
- KBVY, 13 nm away
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 30, 2015, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.1 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.