At 08:15 MST, a Cessna 182Q crashed short of the runway at a private airstrip near St. David. The pilot and passenger suffered minor injuries. The pilot said he carried an extra 5 knots during final because of gusty winds. When he flared to land, the aircraft experienced a greater than normal sink rate. He tried to arrest the sink with pitch and power, but the aircraft touched down short of the runway, which sits 3 feet higher than the land surrounding it. When the aircraft touched down the nose gear struck that rise and was torn off. The aircraft flipped inverted.
June 3, St. David, Ariz. / Cessna 182Q
At 08:15 MST, a Cessna 182Q crashed short of the runway at a private airstrip near St. David. The pilot and passenger suffered minor injuries. The pilot said he carried an extra 5 knots during final because of gusty winds. When he flared to land, the aircraft experienced a greater than normal sink rate. He tried to arrest the sink with pitch and power, but the aircraft touched down short of the runway, which sits 3 feet higher than the land surrounding it. When the aircraft touched down the nose gear struck that rise and was torn off. The aircraft flipped inverted....
Key Takeaways:
- A Cessna 182Q crashed short of a private airstrip runway, resulting in minor injuries to the pilot and passenger, but the aircraft flipped inverted after its nose gear was torn off.
- The pilot maintained an extra 5 knots on final due to gusty winds but encountered an unexpectedly high sink rate during the flare.
- The aircraft touched down on a 3-foot rise just short of the elevated runway, causing the nose gear to strike the rise, detach, and the plane to invert.
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