- Date
- May 25, 2013, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Alpine, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9760HCessna 182R
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Aerodynamic stall/spin
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 2013
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20130525010109A
- Case key
- 86996
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s inadequate flare and loss of aircraft control during landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that after a normal approach to the runway, the airplane touched down and bounced high. The airplane stalled, and touched down a second time onto the grass to the left of the runway surface. The nose wheel dug into the ground and the airplane nosed over, coming to a rest inverted. The airplane’s right wing and empennage sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that after a normal approach to the runway, the airplane touched down and bounced high. The airplane stalled, and touched down a second time onto the grass to the left of the runway surface. The nose wheel dug into the ground and the airplane nosed over, coming to a rest inverted. The airplane’s right wing and empennage sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9760H
- Reported as
- Cessna 182R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18268002
- Airframe hours
- 1,272
- Engine
- Cont Motor O-470 SERIES, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ronald B Linch
- Registered owner
- Ronald B Linch
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 21, 2012 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- CPR · Casper, WY
- Destination
- 46U · Alpine, WY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 46U · Alpine Airport, runway 13, 5,850 × 50 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
- 76
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 11, 2012
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,633 total · 136 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 16 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.95 inHg
- Observed at
- JAC, 29 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 23, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 560 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.