# NTSB MIA08CA151: Cessna 182P, N52415, Salisbury, NC, April 16, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: April 16, 2008, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Salisbury, NC
- Coordinates: 35.645832, -80.520278
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6458&lon=-80.5203&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 26, 2008
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 68561
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA08CA151
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68561/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA151

## Probable cause

The student pilot's improper flare during landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 182P, 14 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2075816), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182P, 12 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2075816), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The student pilot had completed four successful takeoffs and landings with her instructor. The instructor then exited the airplane and the student pilot completed her first solo takeoff and landing uneventfully. During her second solo landing, the flare was improper and the airplane landed hard. The propeller made contact with the runway, damaging the firewall.

## Factual narrative

The responding Federal Aviation Administration inspector stated that the student pilot of the Cessna 182 had flown with her instructor for a total of four successful takeoffs and landings, to a full stop, on the day of the accident. Her instructor exited the airplane for the student pilot's first solo flight. She then performed a successful takeoff and landing. She taxied the airplane to the takeoff runway for her second departure. During the second landing, the flare was improper and the airplane landed hard, damaging the propeller and firewall.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N52415](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52415), registered now, S/N 18262591, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18262591
- Engines: Teledyne Continental O-470-L reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Alison L. Raffaldt
- Registered owner: Here There and In The Air LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: RUQ, Salisbury, NC
- Destination: RUQ
- Airport: RUQ, Rowan County Airport, runway 02, 5,500 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 40; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 70 total, 70 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter: 30.27 inHg
- Observed at: RUQ

## 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 20080416856969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080416856969A), Apr 16, 2008: Cessna 182, Salisbury, NC, Substantial damage. (-23)Student [privacy data omitted] had been given a pre-solo phase check and was found to be competent to make a supervised solo flight at the Rowan County…

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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