Accident Details
Probable Cause and Findings
the pilot's not attaining a recovery from a bounced landing. Factors were high obstructions, and the pilot's intentional precautionary landing on rough/uneven and soft terrain.
Aircraft Information
Registered Owner (Historical)
Analysis
On May 19, 1995, at 1635 eastern standard time, a Cessna 182P, N52830, registered to Eagle Air, Inc., of Kalamazoo, Michigan, and operated by a private pilot, was substantially damaged during a precautionary landing following an aborted landing attempt from runway 8 (5,500' x 100' (dry/asphalt) at French Lick, Indiana. The pilot and three passengers reported no injuries. The personal 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan was on file. The flight departed Kalamazoo, Michigan, at 1600.
In his written statement, the pilot said the airplane bounced twice on landing and he attempted to abort the landing; however when he thought that the airplane would not climb over tall obstacles in the departure path, he elected land the airplane on rough/uneven and soft and terrain off the runway.
Data Source
Data provided by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). For more information on this event, visit the NTSB Records Search website. NTSB# CHI95LA157