- Date
- July 18, 2003, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tampa, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9913ECessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Tampa FSDO
- FAA report
- 20030718036209A
- Case key
- 58422
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point which resulted in an undershoot.
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 he was on approach to runway 18, and landed on the grass short of the runway. The airplane then struck the lip of the runway, damaging the nose gear and firewall.
Factual narrative
On July 18, 2003, about 1000 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 182P, N9913E, registered and operated by an individual, impacted with the ground short of the runway at the Vandenberg Airport, Tampa, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. No flight plan was filed for Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. The airplane was substantially damaged. The private-rated pilot reported no injuries. The flight had departed from Wauchula, Florida, at 0945.
According to the pilot he was on approach to runway 18, and landed on the grass short of the runway. The airplane then struck the lip of the runway, damaging the nose gear and firewall. The pilot did not report the accident, and repaired the damage to the airplane before he reported the accident to the NTSB on December 5, 2003.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9913E
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18263973
- Airframe hours
- 2,833.6
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Echo LC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 22, 2003 · 39.8 hours before
- Departed
- CHN · Wauchula, FL
- Destination
- VDF · Tampa, FL
- Airport
- VDF · Vandenberg Airport, runway 18, 3,260 × 75 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
- 75
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,127 total · 2,050 in this make and model · 2,127 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.13 inHg
- Observed at
- KVDF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.