- Date
- December 31, 2001, 11:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place
- Danbury, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N42766Cessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20011231035139A
- Case key
- 53975
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper flare and recovery from a bounced landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was landing on runway 26, when the airplane landed flat and bounced about four times, before it came to rest. The airplane sustained damage to the propeller, nose wheel and firewall. The student pilot did not report any mechanical problems with the airplane. She reported 45 hours of total flight experience, with 22 hours in make and model.
Factual narrative
On December 31, 2001, about 1125 eastern standard time, a Cessna 182, N42766, was substantially damaged while landing at the Danbury Municipal Airport (DXR), Danbury, Connecticut. The certificated student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the instructional flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
In a written statement, the student pilot said she was landing on runway 26, a 4,422-foot long, 150-foot wide, asphalt runway. The airplane touched down "flat" and bounced hard about four times, before it came to rest.
The airplane sustained damage to the propeller, nose wheel and firewall.
The student pilot did not report any mechanical problems with the airplane. She reported 45 hours of total flight experience, with 22 hours in make and model.
Winds reported at the airport at 1153, were from 270 knots at 12 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42766
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18259181
- Airframe hours
- 5,580
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Leah Purcell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 23, 2001 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- DXR · Danbury, CT
- Airport
- DXR · Danbury Muni, runway 26, 4,422 × 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
- Student pilot
- Age
- 34
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 45 total · 22 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.97 inHg
- Observed at
- DXR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.