Cessna 182T N635CP

Summary

On 7 September 2012 at about 12:10 local time, a Cessna 182T registered N635CP, operated by Civil Air Patrol, was involved in an accident near Marion, South Carolina, 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

7 September 2012 at 12:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Marion, South Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Marion County Airport (MAO)

Coordinates

34.1811, -79.3347

Aircraft

Cessna 182T

Registration

N635CP

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Civil Air Patrol

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Other Work Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Columbia → Marion

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA12CA553

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

As the airplane arrived in the area of the destination airport, where the pilots would commence a Civil Air Patrol, U.S Air Force-assigned mission, the pilot flying (a flight instructor in the left seat) asked the pilot-not-flying (a private pilot in the right seat) if he wanted to practice takeoffs and landings. The flight instructor turned over the controls to the private pilot, and he performed a normal landing. The private pilot then took off to practice a short-field landing. Both pilots reported the airplane touched down "firm" on the main landing gear, and as the airplane decelerated, it felt as if the airplane had a flat tire. Shortly after, the propeller began to strike the runway. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed damage to the nose landing gear attachment assembly and substantial damage to the firewall. During postaccident interviews, neither pilot could recall the airspeed during the approach or the flap configuration. The flight instructor described the landing flare as a "momentary or short flare."

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.