Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Vicksburg Muni Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180
Sunday, October 15, 2006 15:00 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The 172-hour private pilot lined up the single-engine airplane for final approach for runway 19 ( 5,000 feet wide by 100 feet long ). The pilot reported that he performed a slight "sideslip" to correct for the light prevailing crosswind and reported that the touchdown was normal, with the right main gear making contact with the runway first, followed by the left main, and then the nose gear. The pilot stated that "about two seconds later a loud pop was heard and the airplane began to pull to the right." As the airplane slowed down, the airplane began to shudder. After taxiing clear of the runway with full up elevator and disembarking the airplane, the pilot noticed that the nose wheel pant was broken and trailing the nose landing gear. A mechanic, located on the field, removed the remaining part of the wheel pant and noted no other damage. The pilot continued on his return flight and made an uneventful landing at his home airfield. The airplane's last 100-hour inspection was accomplished on September 25, 2006. Additionally, the airplane was part of a rental fleet and had logged 15 flights (41.3 hours) between September 25 and October 15, 2006. The 100-hour inspection of the airplane revealed that the nose wheel strut attachments had sheared and the structural engine firewall had been buckled.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
The structural damage to the firewall during a suspected hard landing.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 10/15/2006 |
| Event Day of the Week | Sunday |
| Time of Event | 1500 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | Vicksburg |
| Event State | MISSISSIPPI |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 39180 |
| Event Date Year | 2006 |
| Event Date Month | 10 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 321413N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0905526W |
| Event Location Airport | VICKSBURG MUNI |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | VKS |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1453 Central Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 315 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KTVR |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | -- |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 9 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 28 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 5 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 130 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 17 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.9 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 4 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 20876 |
| NTSB Notification Source | Pilot |
| NTSB Notification Date | Oct 23 2006 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | DMS |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 31 2007 9:40AM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\johb |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | Memphis, TN |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N1013Y |
| NTSB Number | DFW07CA012 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | Yes |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Cessna |
| Aircraft Model | 182 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 18281544 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | Sep 1 2006 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 42 |
| Airframe Hours | 828 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Jay Air LLC |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | -- |
| Aircraft Owner State | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Country | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | -- |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | Jay Air |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 2787 N 2nd Street |
| Operator City | Memphis |
| Operator State | TN |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 38127 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | 65LA |
| Departure City | BELLE CHASSE |
| Departure State | LA |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1400 |
| Departure Time Zone | CDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | M01 |
| Destination City | MEMPHIS |
| Destination State | TN |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Nov 14 2006 3:16PM |
| User who most recently changed record | CASH |
| Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 19 |
| Runway Length | 5000 |
| Runway Width | 100 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |