Cessna 182A N4080D

Summary

On 12 August 2001 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 182A registered N4080D was involved in an accident near Grosse Ile, Michigan, United States. 3 people were 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.

Date

12 August 2001 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Grosse Ile, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Grosse Ile Municipal (ONZ)

Coordinates

42.1306, -83.1503

Aircraft

Cessna 182A

Registration

N4080D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Oscoda → Grosse Ile

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI01LA280

Nobody was injured.

Both the CFI and the student pilot on board improperly flared the airplane and the CFI's failure to perform remedial action during the landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane bounced hard during landing. The CFI reported that during the approach he noticed that the student "was not in position to safely land a/c" and he repeatedly "ordered" the student to relinquish the flight controls, but the student did not. He reported that the result was a hard landing. The student pilot reported that he and the CFI were wearing noise reduction ear plugs. He stated that both he and the CFI were on the flight controls during the flight and the landing. The student stated that no commands were given during the landing. The back seat passenger was also a pilot. He reported that both the CFI and the student had their hands on the flight controls during the landing. He reported the airplane hit hard on the runway, bounced 15 feet in the air, then came down hard on the nose gear, striking the propeller on the runway. He reported the airplane oscillated several more times and the student pushed the throttle forward as if to go around. He reported he shouted from the backseat "shut it down - we're finished." The power was reduced to idle and the airplane was stopped on the runway. The back seat passenger's perception of the student pilot was that he seemed "overly confident and aggressive with regard to his piloting abilities." The student had not had any "formal" training in the Cessna 182. The student reported the purpose of the flight was to attend a fly-in breakfast at Oscoda, not flight instruction.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.