- Date
- May 19, 2019, 11:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Orangeburg, SC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2462QCessna 182
- Defining event
- Landing: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 2020
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20190519004899A
- Case key
- 99520
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing.
Findings · 2
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, while landing on a private grass airstrip with a crosswind from the left, he determined the airplane was floating too far down the airstrip and reduced the power. The airplane touched down and bounced, he added power, but the airplane bounced again and then landed on the nosewheel. He taxied to the hangar without further incident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage aft of the nosewheel. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot added that, during the landing roll, he observed the windsock, which indicated a wind shift from a left crosswind to a gusting tailwind.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that, while landing on a private grass airstrip with a crosswind from the left, he determined the airplane was floating too far down the airstrip and reduced the power. The airplane touched down and bounced, he added power but the airplane bounced a second time, landing on the nose wheel. He taxied to the hangar without further incident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage aft of the nose wheel. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot added that during the landing roll, he observed the windsock which indicated a shift in the wind, from a left crosswind to a gusting tailwind. The automated weather observation station located 12 miles south/west of the airstrip, reported that, about the time of the accident, the wind was from 190° at 4 knots. The pilot was landing the airplane to the north.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2462Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 182 (K)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18257662
- Built
- 1966
- Airframe hours
- 4,220
- Engine
- continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 13, 2018
- Departed
- PVT · Calhoun County, SC
- Destination
- PVT · Calhoun County, SC
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Pvt · Private Field, runway N/S, 2,700 × 100 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, ADS-B, Electronic primary flight display, Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device
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
- 65
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 25, 2018
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 340 total · 250 in this make and model · 281 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.94 inHg
- Observed at
- KOGB, 12 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 26, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 977 KB 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.