- Date
- May 16, 1999, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Baltimore, MD
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2506QCessna 182K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990516005349A
- Case key
- 46340
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Probable cause
was the pilot's improper remedial action when he improperly used the elevator during the landing flare.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the pilot, he flared the airplane for landing, but continued to fly just above the runway. The pilot said he pushed the nose over 'to settle it down' and struck the nose gear and propeller on the runway. The runway in use was 7,000 feet long and 180 feet wide. The pilot said there were no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane.
Factual narrative
On May 16, 1999, at 1530 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 182K, N2506Q, was substantially damaged during a bounced landing at the Martin State Airport, Baltimore, Maryland. The certificated private pilot and four passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight that originated at Westminster, Maryland, approximately 1500. No flight plan was filed for the flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
In a telephone interview, the pilot stated the purpose of the flight was to fly to Westminster for lunch and then return to MTN. He said the flight was uneventful and that there were no problems with the airplane. The pilot stated he entered the base leg of the traffic pattern and established the airplane on final approach for Runway 15, which was 7,000 feet long and 180 feet wide. He said:
"I was doing about 90 miles per hour on final. Over the displaced threshold I slowed to about 85. I came into ground effect and it floated quite a ways down the runway. It just wouldn't come down. So, I nosed it over to settle it down and I was lower than I thought. When I pushed the nose over, I struck the nose gear and the prop."
The airplane bounced from the nose to the main landing gear and struck the left wing tip and right horizontal stabilizer during the landing sequence. The airplane came to rest upright on the landing gear and the pilot taxied from the runway. Further examination of the airframe revealed structural damage around the nose gear attachment points and some buckling of the firewall.
The pilot reported 200 hours of total flight experience, 25 hours of which were in the Cessna 182.
The winds reported at Martin State Airport 15 minutes after the accident were from 150 degrees at 7 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2506Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 182K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18257706
- Airframe hours
- 2,615
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William H. Thompson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 26, 1999 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- W54 · Westminster, MD
- Destination
- MTN
- Airport
- MTN · Martin State Airport, runway 15, 6,996 × 180 ft, concrete
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 25 in this make and model · 200 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MTN
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 N2506Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.