Cessna 182 N1013Y

Summary

On 15 October 2006 at about 20:00 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N1013Y, operated by Jay Air, was involved in an accident near Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. 4 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

15 October 2006 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States

Nearest airport

Vicksburg Muni (VKS)

Coordinates

32.2369, -90.9239

Aircraft

Cessna 182

Registration

N1013Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Jay Air

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Belle Chasse → Memphis

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW07CA012

Nobody was injured.

The structural damage to the firewall during a suspected hard landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The 172-hour private pilot lined up the single-engine airplane for final approach for runway 19 ( 5,000 feet wide by 100 feet long ). The pilot reported that he performed a slight "sideslip" to correct for the light prevailing crosswind and reported that the touchdown was normal, with the right main gear making contact with the runway first, followed by the left main, and then the nose gear. The pilot stated that "about two seconds later a loud pop was heard and the airplane began to pull to the right." As the airplane slowed down, the airplane began to shudder. After taxiing clear of the runway with full up elevator and disembarking the airplane, the pilot noticed that the nose wheel pant was broken and trailing the nose landing gear. A mechanic, located on the field, removed the remaining part of the wheel pant and noted no other damage. The pilot continued on his return flight and made an uneventful landing at his home airfield. The airplane's last 100-hour inspection was accomplished on September 25, 2006. Additionally, the airplane was part of a rental fleet and had logged 15 flights (41.3 hours) between September 25 and October 15, 2006. The 100-hour inspection of the airplane revealed that the nose wheel strut attachments had sheared and the structural engine firewall had been buckled.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.