- Date
- October 4, 2016, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Galesburg, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N400KXCessna T182
- Defining event
- Landing: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 2016
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20161004019879A
- Case key
- 94157
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced, hard landing.
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
The pilot reported that the airplane bounced on the initial touchdown followed by a gust of wind that allowed the airplane to "float" longer than he had intended. The pilot further reported that the airplane bounced hard a second time, raising the nose considerably higher. Subsequently the airplane impacted the pavement and broke the nose wheel off allowing the airplane to come to rest in a nose down attitude. The airplane sustained substantial damage to its firewall. The pilot reported that there were no pre impact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that the airplane bounced on the initial touchdown followed by a gust of wind that allowed the airplane to "float" longer than he had intended. The pilot further reported that the airplane bounced hard a second time, raising the nose considerably higher. Subsequently the airplane impacted the pavement and broke the nose wheel off allowing the airplane to come to rest in a nose down attitude. The airplane sustained substantial damage to its firewall. The pilot reported that there were no pre impact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N400KX
- Reported as
- Cessna T182 (T)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T18208212
- Built
- 2003
- Airframe hours
- 1,420
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-AKIA, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 2016
- Departed
- VYS · Peru, IL
- Destination
- GBG · Galesburg, IL
- Airport
- GBG · Galesburg Muni, runway 10, 3,600 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction display, Onboard weather
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
- 69
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 25, 2016
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 6,556 total · 2,754 in this make and model · 6,556 as pilot in command · 20.5 in the last 90 days · 6.6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 10 knots, gusting 5
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- GBG
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 8, 2016, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.2 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.