Cessna 182 N42766
31 December 2001 · Danbury, Connecticut, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 31 December 2001 at about 16:25 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N42766 was involved in an accident near Danbury, Connecticut, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 16:25
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Danbury, Connecticut, United States
- Nearest airport
- Danbury Muni (DXR)
- Coordinates
- 41.3714, -73.4819
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182
- Registration
- N42766
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Danbury → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- NYC02LA045
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The student pilot's improper flare and recovery from a bounced landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The student pilot was landing on runway 26, when the airplane landed flat and bounced about four times, before it came to rest. The airplane sustained damage to the propeller, nose wheel and firewall. The student pilot did not report any mechanical problems with the airplane. She reported 45 hours of total flight experience, with 22 hours in make and model.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 182 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2001 | Cessna 182J | Gold Beach, Oregon, United States | Billy Joe C. Pyatt | Fatal | 1 |
| 23 Aug 2001 | Cessna 182R | Elizabethtown, Kentucky, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Oct 2001 | Cessna 182 | York, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 2001 | Cessna 182M | Enterprise, Oregon, United States | Lowell E. Euhus | No injuries | - |
| 15 Jun 2001 | Cessna 182A | Baytown, Texas, United States | Micheal Tracey & Jason Satchell | No injuries | - |
| 16 Jun 2001 | Cessna 182P | Oswego, New York, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
All 6,261 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep 2001 | Yakovlev YAK-52 | Washington, Connecticut, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 9 Mar 2001 | Hawker Siddeley HS-125-3A | Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Aug 2001 | Cessna 172M | Danbury, Connecticut, United States | North American Aviation Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 14 Nov 2001 | Kaman K-1200 | Bloomfield, Connecticut, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 23 Sep 2001 | Digimas STARDUSTER TOO | Watertown, Connecticut, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 12 May 2001 | Schweizer SGS 1-26E | New Milford, Connecticut, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |