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 on runway 11R at Tucson International Airport, resulting in minor injuries to the pilot and passenger.
- The incident was preceded by a steep approach, after which the aircraft bounced, porpoised, veered off the runway, and nosed over in the dirt shoulder.
- The airplane sustained significant damage, including its nose wheel assembly detaching approximately 300 feet from the main wreckage.
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