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| Date: | Friday 6 February 2004 |
| Time: | 16:45 |
| Type: |  Cessna 182S |
| Owner/operator: | Westwind School Of Aeronautics |
| Registration: | N2462X |
| MSN: | 18280791 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1835 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540-A131A5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | PHOENIX, AZ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Phoenix, AZ (DVT) |
| Phoenix, AZ (DVT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane landed hard and porpoised down the runway. The pilot reported that after a normal approach and touchdown on runway 25R, the nose gear collapsed and the airplane veered off the runway and nosed over. A certified flight instructor in the traffic pattern behind and above the accident airplane observed the accident sequence. He reported that the accident airplane appeared fast and was not on a stabilized approach. After the airplane touched down, it began to porpoise, with each oscillation getting larger. A mechanic stated that there was no evidence of preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane. He said the airplane appeared to have sustained a hard landing.
Probable Cause: the pilot's misjudged landing flare, which led to a hard touchdown and a porpoise.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20040224X00232&key=1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Mar-2015 18:42 | Noro | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency, ] |
| 07-Dec-2017 17:43 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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