Hard landing Accident Cessna 350 Corvalis (LC42-550FG) N1018Q, Sunday 27 February 2011

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Date:	Sunday 27 February 2011
Time:	15:30 LT
Type:	Cessna 350 Corvalis (LC42-550FG)
Owner/operator:	Chemtec Aviation LLC
Registration:	N1018Q
MSN:	421018
Engine model:	Continental IO-550-N
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Llano Municipal Airport, TX (KAQO) - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Conroe-North Houston Regional Airport, TX (CXO/KCXO)
Destination airport:	Llano Municipal Airport, TX (KAQO)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
According to the pilot, during the landing the airplane bounced twice. When it touched down the second time, it bounced higher. The pilot lowered the nose and flared, but the airplane touched down slightly nose low, and the nose gear failed. The airplane slid approximately 1,000 feet down the runway on its nose gear strut and propeller. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the nose gear, propeller, left main landing gear, and left wing.

Probable Cause: The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.

Accident investigation: