19841013064879I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182 · Gadsden, AL · October 13, 1984

Date: October 13, 1984 · 17:40 local
Place: Gadsden, AL
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6478A
Reported as: Cessna 182
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 539 total300 in this make and model28 in the last 90 days

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.

Violent shimmy nose wheel, nose wheel turned causing wingtip to strike pavement. PNS18233 steering rod end broke.

As the FAA filed it

VIOLENT SHIMMY NOSE WHEEL, NOSE WHEEL TURNED CAUSING WINGTIP TO STRIKE PAVEMENT. PNS18233 STEERING ROD END BROKE.