Cessna 182 N3417R

Summary

On 3 September 2015 at about 15:00 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N3417R was involved in an accident near Rose Hill, Kansas, 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

3 September 2015 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Rose Hill, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Cook Airfield (K50)

Coordinates

37.5664, -97.1750

Aircraft

Cessna 182

Registration

N3417R

Category

Airplane

Year built

1967

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Rose Hill → Rose Hill

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA15CA301

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's improper pitch control during the landing flare, which resulted in a porpoise and subsequent hard landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that during the landing he approached "a little faster" than he would have liked. During the landing flare, he further reported that the airplane ballooned, bounced, and then began to porpoise down the runway, with the last bounce being "fairly hard." The pilot taxied off the runway without further incident. During the post-flight inspection, the pilot reported that "everything looked ok" with the airplane, but he did see fuel dripping from the underside of the fuselage. During a maintenance inspection one day after the accident, substantial damage to the firewall was identified. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.