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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182Q · Sedalia, CO · January 24, 1982

Date: January 24, 1982 · 08:15 local
Place: Sedalia, CO
Airport: Littleton
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N95945
Reported as: Cessna 182Q
Reported engine: Continental O470U
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 145 total65 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days

N95945Registered now · Cessna 182QS/N 18266685 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna 182Q Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot landed on taxiway of closed but unmarked airport. Hit ditch. Bent nose gear strut, nicked prop. Flew out.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED ON TAXIWAY OF CLOSED BUT UNMARKED AIRPORT. HIT DITCH. BENT NOSE GEAR STRUT, NICKED PROP. FLEW OUT.