- Date
- July 24, 2004, 16:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Pence Springs, WV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N24VVCessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20040724022309A
- Case key
- 59748
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during final approach, which resulted in a hard landing and gear collapse.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the final approach, the airplane was too low and too slow. The airplane touched down hard on a wet turf runway, and the nose gear collapsed. The airplane then skidded and came to rest off the right side of the runway.
Factual narrative
On July 24, 2004, about 1645 eastern daylight time, Cessna 182Q, N24VV was substantially damaged while landing at Hinton-Alderson Airport (WV77), Pence Springs, West Virginia. The certificated private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that departed a private airstrip in Bland, Virginia. No flight plan was filed for the personal conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
The pilot reported he was landing on runway 28; a 2,700-foot-long, 25-foot-wide, turf runway. During the final approach, the airplane was "too low, too slow," and touched down hard on the wet runway. The nose gear collapsed and the airplane came to rest off the right side of the runway.
The reported wind at an airport approximately 18 miles west of the accident site, at 1651, was from 010 degrees at 8 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24VV
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18267131
- Engine
- Continental O-520, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Seldon W. Stowers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- NONE · Bland, VA
- Destination
- WV77 · Pence Springs, WV
- Airport
- WV77 · Hinton-Alderson Airport, runway 28, 2,700 × 25 ft, grass/turf
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 76
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- August 9, 2002
- Flight hours
- 3,400 total · 0 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.20 inHg
- Observed at
- BKW, 290 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.