NTSB Factual Report

On March 7, 2004, at 1320 central standard time, a Cessna 182P, N325LA registered to Rebel Medical Inc. and operated by Wings of Eagles collided with the runway while landing at John Tune Airport, Nashville, Tennessee. The personal flight was operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with a VFR flight plan filed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane sustained substantial damage, and the private pilot and passenger were uninjured. The flight departed Chapel Hill Airport, North Carolina on March 7, 2004 at 1006 eastern standard time.

According to the pilot, during the cross-country flight from Chapel Hill Airport, he received several in-flight weather briefings for his arrival at John C. Tune Airport. Approximately 20 miles out from the John C. Tune Airport the pilot received the AWOS report. The surface winds were reported at winds 300 degrees at 11 knots, gusting to 15 knots. As the airplane landed on runway 01, it bounced and landed on the nose wheel. The pilot initiated another takeoff and realized that the airplane was not performing well. During the climb out the airplane was shaking violently, and would not climb above 200 feet. The pilot did not report any flight control or mechanical anomalies prior to the landing. The pilot landed the airplane without further incident.

Examination of the airframe revealed the propeller was bent aft, and the lower firewall was buckled. Aircraft maintenance logbooks were not recovered for examination.

NTSB Probable Cause

The pilot's improper landing flare and his inadequate recovery from a bounced landing resulting in a hard landing and propeller strike of the runway.