# Incident 19870520034849I: Cessna R182, Lancaster, PA, May 20, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1987, 14:55 local time
- Place: Lancaster, PA
- Airport: Lancaster
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1224° N, 76.2944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LANCASTER (LNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1224&lon=-76.2944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6287T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6287T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 600 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870520034849I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO GET A SAFE INDICATION OF GEAR.  NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT.  DOWNLOCK PIN ON ACTUATOR WAS BROKEN.

## Other reports on N6287T (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20260526007509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260526007509A), May 26, 2026: Cessna R182 (N6287T), Fitchburg, MA, Substantial damage. On 26 may 2026, at 1335 p.m. EDT, the bradley FSDO received notice regarding a Cessna R182 landed on runway 32 and experienced a nose gear collapse. 3 persons…
- [Accident 20060121001079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060121001079A), Jan 21, 2006: Cessna R182 (N6287T), Bedford, MA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot had hard landing which was reported to the FAA on 1/30/06 when the full extend of damage was discovered. Pilot had hard landing damaging the nose…
- [Incident 20051027026209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051027026209I), Oct 27, 2005: Cessna R182 (N6287T), Fitchburg, MA, Minor damage. (-23) While performing an annual standardization flight check for the civil air patrol, the (PIC) pilot [privacy data omitted] executed a short field obstacle…

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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