Cessna 182Q N74SM

Summary

On 6 April 2001 at about 23:15 local time, a Cessna 182Q registered N74SM was involved in an accident near Lakeland, Florida, 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.

Date

6 April 2001 at 23:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Lakeland, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Lakeland-Linder Regional (LAL)

Coordinates

27.9805, -82.0106

Aircraft

Cessna 182Q

Registration

N74SM

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hollywood → Lakeland

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA01LA112

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to flare on landing resulting in a hard landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated she made a normal landing. During the landing rollout she felt a shudder after the nose wheel touched down on the runway. Examination of the airplane by the NTSB and FAA revealed the nose wheel had collided with the runway first. The front of the nose wheel pants was scuffed and scratched, the right front side of the pant was scratched and broken. The nose wheel tire was flat and had a scuff mark running across the width of the tire. The engine cowling was removed and both sides of the engine firewall was bent inward. The left side of the forward fuselage located next to the firewall had a diagonal crease running from the firewall to the lower left wing strut. There was no damage noted to either main landing gear or the bottom of the fuselage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.