# NTSB MIA01LA112: Cessna 182Q, N74SM, Lakeland, FL, April 6, 2001

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 6, 2001, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Coordinates: 27.980484, -82.010581 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9805&lon=-82.0106&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 30, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Tampa FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 52045
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA01LA112
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/52045/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA112

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to flare on landing resulting in a hard landing.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - runway
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

The pilot stated she made a normal landing. During the landing rollout she felt a shudder after the nose wheel touched down on the runway. Examination of the airplane by the NTSB and FAA revealed the nose wheel had collided with the runway first. The front of the nose wheel pants was scuffed and scratched, the right front side of the pant was scratched and broken. The nose wheel tire was flat and had a scuff mark running across the width of the tire. The engine cowling was removed and both sides of the engine firewall was bent inward. The left side of the forward fuselage located next to the firewall had a diagonal crease running from the firewall to the lower left wing strut. There was no damage noted to either main landing gear or the bottom of the fuselage.

## Factual narrative

On April 6, 2001, at about 1815 eastern standard time, a Cessna 182Q, N74SM, registered to the Civil Air Patrol Inc., operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 positioning flight collided with the runway on landing at Lakeland-Linder Regional Airport, Lakeland, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a VFR flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage, and the private pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated from North Perry Airport, Hollywood, Florida, about 1 hour 55 minutes before the accident.

The pilot stated she made a normal landing and was holding back pressure on the yoke. During the landing rollout she felt a shudder after the nose wheel touched down on the runway. She assumed she had blown a tire. She informed the control tower that she had blown a tire and rolled to a stop on the side of the runway. After exiting the airplane she observed that the nose wheel was flat and both propeller tips were curled aft. The pilot stated during her preflight inspection the nose gear plate would not stay closed, it was difficult to obtain a fuel sample, and the fuel selector identification plate was installed backwards.

Examination of the airplane by the NTSB and the FAA revealed the nose wheel had collided with the runway first on landing. The front of the nose wheel pants was scuffed and scratched, the right front side of the pant was scratched and broken. The nose wheel tire was flat and had a scuff mark running across the width of the tire. The engine cowling was removed and both sides of the engine firewall was bent inward. The left side of the forward fuselage located next to the firewall had a diagonal crease running from the firewall outboard to the lower left wing strut. There was no damage noted to either main landing gear or the bottom of the fuselage.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N74SM](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N74SM), registered now, S/N 18267216, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18267216
- Airframe hours: 2569
- Engines: Continental O-470-038B 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Registered owner: Civil Air Patrol Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 8, 2000, 19 hours before
- Departed: HWO, Hollywood, FL
- Destination: LAL, Lakeland, FL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: LAL, Lakeland-Linder Regional, runway 090, 8,500 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 71; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review June 11, 2000; seat: left; flight hours: 1,003 total, 39 in this make and model, 898 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days, 13 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter: 30.14 inHg
- Observed at: LAL

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20010406015099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010406015099A), Apr 6, 2001: Cessna 182Q, Lakeland, FL, Substantial damage. On April 6, 2001 Ms. Delores alfano, the pilot in command, was landing at Lakeland airport. Inspection of the aircraft revealed the nose wheel pant had…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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