# NTSB MIA05CA054: Cessna 182S, N182CR, Punta Gorda, FL, January 25, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: January 25, 2005, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Punta Gorda, FL
- Coordinates: 26.920278, -81.990554
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.9203&lon=-81.9906&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 2005
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 60922
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA05CA054
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/60922/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05CA054

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper flare resulting in a hard landing and subsequent damage to the firewall.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The pilot stated that the flight proceeded to the destination airport and was advised via UNICOM that runway 33 was the active runway with the wind variable at  5 knots. She entered downwind, base, and final approach to runway 33 and with 20 degrees of flaps extended, landed hard. She taxied the airplane to the ramp and thought she had a flat nose landing gear tire. She further reported there was no discrepancy with the airplane or its systems.

## Factual narrative

On January 25, 2005, about 1630 eastern standard time, a Cessna 182S, N182CR, registered to a private individual, was landed hard at the Charlotte County Airport, Punta Gorda, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight from Lawrence County Airpark, Chesapeake, Ohio, to Charlotte County Airport. The airplane was substantially damaged and the private-rated pilot and one passenger were not injured. The flight originated about 1110 central standard time from Lawrence County Airpark.

The pilot stated that the flight proceeded to the destination airport and was advised via UNICOM that runway 33 was the active runway with the wind variable at  5 knots. She entered downwind, base, and final approach to runway 33 and with 20 degrees of flaps extended, landed hard. She taxied the airplane to the ramp and thought she had a flat nose landing gear tire. She further reported there was no discrepancy with the airplane or its systems.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N182CR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182S
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18280179
- Engines: Lycoming IO-540-AB1A5 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Louise Kirk
- Registered owner: Tony Kirk
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: KHTW, Chesapeake, OH
- Destination: KPGD, Punta Gorda, FL
- Airport: KPGD, Charlotte County Airport, runway 33

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3; flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 20050125001639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050125001639A), Jan 25, 2005: Cessna 182S, Punta Gorda, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) On January 25, 2005 at approximately 1630 EST, a Cessna 182S, N182CR, registered to [privacy data omitted] sustained substantial damage when landing at…

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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