At 10:33 mountain time, a Cessna 182P nosed over during landing rollout on runway 11R at the Tucson International Airport. The pilot and passenger received minor injuries. The tower controller said the airplanes approach looked a little steep. The airplane appeared to have passed over the landing threshold, then it bounced on the runway and porpoised before veering off the runway and nosing over in the dirt shoulder. The airplanes nose wheel assembly was found about 300 feet from the main wreckage.
Nov. 9, Tucson, Ariz. / Cessna Skylane
At 10:33 mountain time, a Cessna 182P nosed over during landing rollout on runway 11R at the Tucson International Airport. The pilot and passenger received minor injuries. The tower controller said the airplanes approach looked a little steep. The airplane appeared to have passed over the landing threshold, then it bounced on the runway and porpoised before veering off the runway and nosing over in the dirt shoulder. The airplanes nose wheel assembly was found about 300 feet from the main wreckage....
Key Takeaways:
- A Cessna 182P nosed over during landing rollout at Tucson International Airport, causing minor injuries to the pilot and passenger.
- The incident involved a steep approach, the aircraft bouncing and porpoising on the runway, and veering into the dirt shoulder before nosing over.
- The airplane's nose wheel assembly separated and was found approximately 300 feet from the main wreckage.
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