- Date
- December 2, 1993, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Canyon, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N94596Cessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19931202050229A
- Case key
- 28616
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Probable cause
the pilot's use of an excessive approach airspeed and an improper bounced landing recovery technique.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to the pilot's statement, the aircraft ballooned on touchdown due to an excessive approach airspeed and the nose wheel came down hard on the second runway contact. After a short stop at Grand Canyon, the pilot departed on a flight to Las Vegas, Nevada. After arrival at Las Vegas, the pilot discovered the damage to the nose gear strut and firewall during a routine postflight inspection of the aircraft.
Factual narrative
On December 2, 1993, at 1100 hours mountain standard time, a Cessna 182Q, N94596, collided with the runway while attempting a landing at the Grand Canyon National Park Airport, Grand Canyon, Arizona. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The airplane was operated by Denver Air Center of Broomfield, Colorado, and was rented by the pilot for a personal cross- country flight. The aircraft sustained substantial damage. The certificated private pilot and his one passenger were not injured. The flight originated from Page Municipal Airport, Page, Arizona, about 0930 on the day of the mishap.
According to the pilot's statement, the aircraft ballooned on touchdown due to an excessive approach airspeed and the nose wheel came down hard on the second runway contact. After a short stop at Grand Canyon, the pilot departed on a flight to Las Vegas, Nevada. After arrival at Las Vegas, the pilot discovered the damage to the nose gear strut and firewall during a routine postflight inspection of the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94596
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18266455
- Airframe hours
- 2,843
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Denver Air Center
- Registered owner
- Parsec Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Special, Provisional (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 25, 1993 · 69 hours before
- Departed
- PGA · Page, AZ
- Destination
- GCN
- Airport
- GCN · Grand Canyon, runway 21, 8,999 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 105 total · 12 in this make and model · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 8 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N94596 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.