# NTSB WPR13CA421: Cessna E162, N30265, Eugene, OR, September 8, 2013 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: September 7, 2013, 19:00 local (Sep 8, 2013, 02:00 UTC) - Place: Eugene, OR - Coordinates: 44.124443, -123.211944 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1244&lon=-123.2119&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 19, 2013 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 88118 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR13CA421 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88118/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88118 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA421 ## Probable cause The pilot's improper flare that resulted in a bounced landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 162, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=060005E), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 162, 23 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=060005E), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 162, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=060005E), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that while on final, the approach was stable, and that on short final he leveled the airplane and flared for landing. The airplane touched down, bounced back into the air, and when it touched down again, it impacted the runway in a nose down attitude. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the firewall. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Factual narrative The pilot reported that while on final, the approach was stable, and that on short final he leveled the airplane and flared for landing. The airplane touched down, bounced back into the air, and when it touched down again, it impacted the runway in a nose down attitude. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the firewall. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N30265](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30265), registered now, S/N 16200093 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO E162 (UNDESIGNAT) - Registry model: [Cessna 162](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-162) (registry code 060005E) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 16200093 - Year built: 2011 - Airframe hours: 783 - Engines: CONT MOTOR O-200-D1B 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Hillsboro Aviation Inc - Registered owner: Hillsboro Aviation Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Special light-sport (Special) - Last inspection: Condition, July 23, 2013, 81 hours before - Departed: RBG, ROSEBURG, OR - Destination: EUG, Eugene, OR - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: EUG, Mahlon Sweet Field, runway 34L, 8,009 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 26; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review June 29, 2013; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 286 total, 20 in this make and model, 93 in the last 90 days, 36 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk - Wind: 10° at 3 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 59 °F - Altimeter: 29.95 inHg - Observed at: KEUG ## 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 20130907017859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130907017859A), Sep 7, 2013: Cessna Aircraft Co 162, Eugene, OR, Substantial damage. Per pilot statement he was solo time-building from hio, rgb, eug to hio, with a passenger. At 5 miles south of eug cascade approach told him expect straight to… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 13, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88118. 404 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 404 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40403468&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.