# NTSB NYC06CA059: Cessna R182, N6278T, Bedford, MA, January 21, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: January 21, 2006, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Bedford, MA
- Coordinates: 42.472221, -71.292778
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4722&lon=-71.2928&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 30, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Boston FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63142
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC06CA059
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63142/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA059

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper flare resulting in a hard landing.  A factor in the accident was the wind gusts.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - roll
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

After landing on runway 29, the airplane became airborne again during the landing roll.  It then started to porpoise and the nose gear contacted the runway hard.  The pilot aborted the landing, performed another approach to the runway, and landed without further incident.  Post flight inspection of the airplane revealed damage that included firewall buckling in several places.  Winds reported at the airport about the time of the accident, were from 240 degrees at 19 knots, gusting to 26 knots.

## Factual narrative

After landing on runway 29, the airplane became airborne again during the landing roll.  It then started to porpoise and the nose gear contacted the runway hard.  The pilot aborted the landing, performed another approach to the runway, and landed without further incident.  Post flight inspection of the airplane revealed damage that included firewall buckling in several places.  Winds reported at the airport about the time of the accident, were from 240 degrees at 19 knots, gusting to 26 knots.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6278T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6278T-2013-02-04), registration cancelled 2013-02-04, S/N R18201957, built 1983 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna R182
- Registry model: [Cessna TR182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (registry code 2072735) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R18201960
- Airframe hours: 4365
- Engines: Lycoming O-540 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Civil Air Patrol, Inc.
- Registered owner: Civil Air Patrol, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, October 1, 2005, 18 hours before
- Departed: CEF, Chicopee, MA
- Destination: BED, Bedford, MA
- Flight plan: Company VFR
- Airport: BED, Bedford, runway 29, 7,001 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; last flight review November 1, 2005; seat: left; flight hours: 667 total, 154 in this make and model, 544 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 19 knots, gusting 26
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 59 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 29.72 inHg
- Observed at: BED

## Other investigations on N6278T (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX08WA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08WA113), Apr 13, 2008: Cessna 182 (N6278T), San Quintin, Mexico, substantial damage

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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