Cessna 182 N5358B

Summary

On 24 April 2008 at about 22:10 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N5358B was involved in an accident near Romeo, Michigan, 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

24 April 2008 at 22:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Romeo, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Romeo State Airport (D98)

Coordinates

42.7964, -82.9744

Aircraft

Cessna 182

Registration

N5358B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Romeo → Ray

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI08LA115

Nobody was injured.

The misjudged landing flare by the pilot, and the inadequate landing gear inspection/repair procedure used by other maintenance personnel, resulting in the failure of the main landing gear strut during landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane's main landing gear struts were replaced with repaired struts during a maintenance inspection. The FAA Form 337 associated with the repair states that the landing gear was checked for correct contour configuration and strength, and had undergone a magnetic particle inspection, but does not cite the approved data used for the repair. The left landing gear strut separated during a hard landing about 341 hours after it had been installed. The pilot aborted the landing, and flew to another airport where the airplane landed without the left main landing gear. The horizontal stabilizer was damaged during the initial landing attempt when the left landing gear separated, and struck the horizontal stabilizer. Metallurgical examination of the landing gear showed an altered micro structural layer adjacent to the surface, indicative of excessive thermal input such as welding. The strut portion showed that most of the exterior surface contained an intact layer of white paint. In many locations throughout the strut, the paint appeared to have been applied to an irregular or pitted surface.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.