Cessna 182 N5797B

Summary

On 9 October 2021 at about 22:00 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N5797B was involved in an accident near Fruitland Park, Florida, 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

9 October 2021 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Fruitland Park, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Flying Palomino Ranch (5FA1)

Coordinates

28.8500, -81.9000

Aircraft

Cessna 182

Registration

N5797B

Category

Airplane

Year built

1956

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA22LA013

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to establish a proper 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

The pilot was practicing landings on a grass runway adjacent to his home. He said that when he made his sixth landing, he landed hard, and the nose wheel fork assembly separated from the airplane. The airplane nosed over on to its back, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage, engine mounts, both wings and the vertical stabilizer.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.