# NTSB NYC02LA045: Cessna 182, N42766, Danbury, CT, December 31, 2001

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 31, 2001, 11:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place: Danbury, CT
- Coordinates: 41.371387, -73.481941
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3714&lon=-73.4819&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 26, 2002
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 53975
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC02LA045
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/53975/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA045

## Probable cause

The student pilot's improper flare and recovery  from a bounced landing.

## 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)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N42766), registered now, S/N 18259181, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (registry code 2072726) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18259181
- Airframe hours: 5580
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 34; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20011231035139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011231035139A), Dec 31, 2001: Cessna 182L, Danbury, CT, No damage. (-23) Student pilot was solo in the traffic pattern with clearance to land from tower. The student became concerned on final approach with an aircraft that…

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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