Cessna 182E N3519Y

Summary

On 31 July 2022 at about 16:58 local time, a Cessna 182E registered N3519Y was involved in an accident near Joliet, Illinois, United States. One person was 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

31 July 2022 at 16:58

Classification

Accident

Location

Joliet, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Joliet Regional Airport (KJOT)

Coordinates

41.5177, -88.1759

Aircraft

Cessna 182E

Registration

N3519Y

Category

Airplane

Year built

1962

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Oshkosh → Joliet

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN22LA379

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s inadequate landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that during landing on the grass runway the nose landing gear contacted the runway hard, and the airplane bounced. The airplane landed again on the nose landing gear and bounced two more times in an “unstable oscillation” that he had never experienced before. The pilot stopped the airplane on the runway, then taxied to the ramp without further incident. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the fuselage and firewall. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.