# NTSB NYC04CA180: Cessna 182Q, N24VV, Pence Springs, WV, July 24, 2004

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 24, 2004, 16:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place: Pence Springs, WV
- Coordinates: 37.667778, -80.700836
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6678&lon=-80.7008&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 28, 2004
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 59748
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC04CA180
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/59748/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA180

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during final approach, which resulted in a hard landing and gear collapse.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command
- Gear collapsed, landing

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24VV), registered now, S/N 18267131, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18267131
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 76; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20040724022309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040724022309A), Jul 24, 2004: Cessna 182Q, Pence Springs, WV, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot stated that the airplane was too low and too slow while on approach to landing on runway 28. Airplane touched down extremely hard on the threshold…

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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