Cessna 182R N9476X

Summary

On 22 July 2004 at about 02:15 local time, a Cessna 182R registered N9476X was involved in an accident near Mitchellville, Maryland, United States. 2 people were 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

22 July 2004 at 02:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Mitchellville, Maryland, United States

Nearest airport

Freeway Airport (W00)

Coordinates

38.9467, -76.7761

Aircraft

Cessna 182R

Registration

N9476X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fort Meade → Mitchellville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

NYC04CA175

Nobody was injured.

The private pilot's inadequate flare, and the CFI's delayed remedial action, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/mush and hard landing. A factor related to the accident was the night conditions.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During an instructional flight with a certificated flight instructor for a night checkout, the private pilot flared "a little high," and the airplane stalled about 20 feet above the runway. The airplane touched down hard on the runway, and came to rest upright.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.