- Date
- July 30, 2021, 11:31 local (18:31 UTC)
- Place
- Morton, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N60524Cessna 162
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FSDO
- FAA report
- 20210730012229A
- Case key
- 103663
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 improper landing flare which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent nosewheel collapse.
Findings · 3
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, while on final approach to the runway, he noticed that the airplane was high, and performed a forward slip to lose altitude. The pilot recovered from the slip about 75 to 100 ft above ground level and when the airplane landed without the stall horn sounding, the nosewheel collapsed and the propeller impacted the runway surface. The pilot pulled back on the control stick and the airplane became airborne 4 to 5 ft. The stall horn sounded, and the airplane touched down again coming to rest to the right of runway centerline. The fuselage and engine mount were substantially damaged. Postaccident examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector did not reveal any evidence of a mechanical failure or malfunction with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60524
- Reported as
- Cessna 162 (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 16200192
- Built
- 2011
- Engine
- Cont Motor O-200-D, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rainier Flight Service LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- KRTN · Renton, WA
- Destination
- 39P · Morton, WA
- Airport
- 39P · Strom Field Airport, runway 25, 1,810 × 40 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, ADS-B
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
- 50
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Last flight review
- February 26, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 421 total · 10 in this make and model · 326 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Turbulence
- Light
- Observed at
- KCLS, 31 nm away
- METAR
- KCLS 301815Z AUTO 03012KT 9SM CLR 28/13 A3000 RMK AO2
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 17, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 5.6 MB 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.