- Date
- July 21, 2004, 22:15 local (Jul 22, 2004, 02:15 UTC)
- Place
- Mitchellville, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9476XCessna 182R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA FSDO Baltimore
- FAA report
- 20040721035669A
- Case key
- 59713
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Probable cause
The private pilot's inadequate flare, and the CFI's delayed remedial action, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/mush and hard landing. A factor related to the accident was the night conditions.
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
During an instructional flight with a certificated flight instructor for a night checkout, the private pilot flared "a little high," and the airplane stalled about 20 feet above the runway. The airplane touched down hard on the runway, and came to rest upright.
Factual narrative
On July 21, 2004, at 2215 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 182R, N9476X, was substantially damaged while landing at the Freeway Airport, Mitchellville, Maryland. The certified flight instructor (CFI) and certificated private pilot were not injured. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the local instructional flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
According to the CFI, the private pilot was at the controls for the night checkout flight. While landing on runway 18, a 2,400-foot-long lighted asphalt runway, the private pilot flared "a little high," and the airplane stalled about 20 feet above the runway. The airplane touched down hard on the runway, and came to rest upright.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9476X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18268536
- Airframe hours
- 3,696
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Civil Air Patrol
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 7, 2004 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- FME · Fort Meade, MD
- Destination
- W00 · Mitchellville, MD
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- W00 · Freeway Airport, runway 18, 2,400 × 30 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 43
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- October 3, 2003
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 844 total · 75 in this make and model
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- December 21, 2003
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 147 total · 10 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.96 inHg
- Observed at
- ADW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.