# Incident 19800129020099I: Cessna 182, Kutztown, PA, January 29, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1980, 10:30 local time
- Place: Kutztown, PA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5213° N, 75.7773° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kutztown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5213&lon=-75.7773&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6386A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6386A-1982-11-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 993 total, 634 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800129020099I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON TAKEOFF PILOT FELT SHARP BUMP OF NOSE WHEEL. NOSE WHEEL & FORK HAD SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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