- Date
- May 6, 2016, 22:15 local (May 7, 2016, 03:15 UTC)
- Place
- Bloomington, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9281RCessna TR182
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 2016
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20160506003589A
- Case key
- 93141
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain the airplane's descent rate resulting in a hard landing, and subsequent substantial damage to the firewall.
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
According to the pilot of the retractable landing gear airplane, he retracted the landing gear after departure, however, the landing gear warning horn continued to sound. After multiple extensions and retractions in hopes of correcting the issue, he decided to continue the flight with the landing gear extended. The pilot reported that he made an approach at his destination airport, bounced the landing, and taxied to parking. He reported the aforementioned events to the operator, and further inspection revealed substantial damage to the firewall. Further inspection by the operator's mechanics, accompanied by the Federal Aviation Administration Aviation Safety Inspector, revealed that the landing gear warning horn sounded in the retracted position, as a result of an intermittent fault in the throttle position micro-switch.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot of the retractable landing gear airplane, he retracted the landing gear after departure, however, the landing gear warning horn continued to sound. After multiple extensions and retractions in hopes of correcting the issue, he decided to continue the flight with the landing gear extended. The pilot reported that he made an approach at his destination airport, bounced the landing, and taxied to parking. He reported the aforementioned events to the operator, and further inspection revealed substantial damage to the firewall. Further inspection by the operator's mechanics, accompanied by the Federal Aviation Administration Aviation Safety Inspector, revealed that the landing gear warning horn sounded in the retracted position, as a result of an intermittent fault in the throttle position micro-switch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9281R
- Reported as
- Cessna TR182 (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18200678
- Built
- 1978
- Airframe hours
- 4,557.5
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-L3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bmg Aviation Inc
- Registered owner
- Bmg Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 15, 2015
- Departed
- LUK · Cincinnati, OH
- Destination
- BMG · Bloomington, IN
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BMG · Monroe County, runway 17, 6,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, Onboard weather, Satellite tracking device, Stall warning system
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
- 51
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 28, 2014
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 119 total · 22 in this make and model · 94 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 230° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.88 inHg
- Observed at
- KBMG, 1 nm away
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 26, 2016, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.2 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.
Other investigations on N9281R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.