Probable cause
The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point during dusk light conditions, and his failure to execute a go-around.
NTSB analysis
The flight instructor requested that the pilot demonstrate a "power-off 180-degree accuracy approach and landing to the 1000-foot mark" on runway 15 with no flaps. The pilot was low on the approach. As the airplane crossed the runway threshold, they felt an impact and the airplane landed "hard." The airplane had struck a two-foot high snow bank that was between the threshold lights. The instructor said the upslope runway, inability to brighten the airspeed readout on the G1000 avionics system, and dusk light conditions contributed to the accident.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for CEN10LA047 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Nov 1, 2009
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Loveland, Colorado
- Nearest airport
- Fort Collins-Loveland Municipa (FNL)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Dusk
Cessna T182T
- N-number
- N652CP
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
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