Summary
On July 23, 2000, a Cessna 182P (N9886M) was involved in an incident near Broomfield, CO. All 3 people aboard were uninjured. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.
The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of this incident to be: The pilot's inaccurate recovery from a bounced landing. Factors were lack of total pilot experience and lack of pilot experience in aircraft make and model.
On July 23, 2000, at 1748 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 182P, N9886M, was landed hard at Jefferson County Airport, Broomfield, Colorado. The private pilot and his two passengers were not injured and the aircraft sustained substantial damage. The flight was operating under Title 14 CFR Part 91 and no flight plan was filed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for this local area personal flight, which originated at 1700.
According to the pilot, the tower controller gave him a "short" approach for a touch-and-go landing on runway 29L (9,000 feet long and 100 feet wide) and his final approach was high and fast. The aircraft made a hard landing and bounced several times. The continued bounces became divergent causing damage to the firewall and nose landing gear assembly.
This incident is documented in NTSB report DEN00LA138. AviatorDB cross-references NTSB investigation data with FAA registry records to provide comprehensive safety information for aircraft N9886M.
Accident Details
Probable Cause and Findings
The pilot's inaccurate recovery from a bounced landing. Factors were lack of total pilot experience and lack of pilot experience in aircraft make and model.
Aircraft Information
Registered Owner (Current)
Analysis
On July 23, 2000, at 1748 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 182P, N9886M, was landed hard at Jefferson County Airport, Broomfield, Colorado. The private pilot and his two passengers were not injured and the aircraft sustained substantial damage. The flight was operating under Title 14 CFR Part 91 and no flight plan was filed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for this local area personal flight, which originated at 1700.
According to the pilot, the tower controller gave him a "short" approach for a touch-and-go landing on runway 29L (9,000 feet long and 100 feet wide) and his final approach was high and fast. The aircraft made a hard landing and bounced several times. The continued bounces became divergent causing damage to the firewall and nose landing gear assembly.
The pilot reported that he had 144 hours total flight time and 7 hours in the accident aircraft make and model. His total time in make and model was all accumulated in the 30-day period prior to the accident.
Weather at the time of the mishap was scattered clouds at 6,000 feet, wind from 200 degrees at 10 knots and a temperature of 93 degrees Fahrenheit. The density altitude was calculated to be 9,300 feet.
Data Source
Data provided by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). For more information on this event, visit the NTSB Records Search website. NTSB# DEN00LA138