- Date
- October 15, 1993, 14:08 local (20:08 UTC)
- Place
- Tooele, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6503ECessna 182R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19931015041899A
- Case key
- 41842
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Probable cause
Airspeed was not maintained.
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
The pilot reported that when the airplane was approx 20 ft AGL, over the runway, the airplane suddenly developed a high sink rate. The airplane landed flat and hard on all three landing gear. The airplane was then flown back to its home base where the damage to the structure was noted.
Factual narrative
On October 15, 1993, at 1408 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 182R, N6503E, landed hard at the Tooele, Utah, airport. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was substantially damaged and the certificated airline transport pilot and certificated flight instructor were not injured. The flight had departed from Salt Lake City, Utah, for the instructional flight.
In a written statement, the pilot reported that when the airplane was approximately 20 feet above ground level, over the runway, the airplane suddenly developed a high sink rate. The airplane landed flat and hard on all three landing gear. The airplane was then flown back to Salt Lake City, where it was discovered that the airplane was structurally damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6503E
- Reported as
- Cessna 182R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18268371
- Airframe hours
- 2,171
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Civil Air Patrol, Inc
- Registered owner
- Civil Air Patrol, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 9, 1993 · 83 hours before
- Departed
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport
- TVY · Tooele Valley, runway 16, 5,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight engineer, Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,160 total · 200 in this make and model · 2,360 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.