Cessna 182K N2536Q

Summary

On 27 December 2004 at about 23:20 local time, a Cessna 182K registered N2536Q was involved in an accident near Olympia, Washington, United States. 2 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

27 December 2004 at 23:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Olympia, Washington, United States

Nearest airport

Olympia Regional Airport (KOLM)

Coordinates

46.9719, -122.9044

Aircraft

Cessna 182K

Registration

N2536Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Rohnerville → Olympia

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA05LA047

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's improper flare. Factors include too high of an airspeed and an inadvertent porpoise.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

During a VFR approach the pilot decided to keep the aircraft's speed fairly high because he had been sequenced ahead of a couple of other aircraft that were on long final approaches. He therefore crossed the runway threshold at a higher speed than he would normally use, and after he initiated the landing flare, the aircraft began to porpoise. He then attempted to push it onto the runway surface by applying forward pressure on the control yoke, but during that attempt, the aircraft descended at a rate that resulted in it hitting the runway surface hard enough to bend the engine firewall. It was determined that there were no problems with the aircraft's engine or flight controls, but instead the pilot had simply over-controlled the pitch input.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.