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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna R182 · Lancaster, CA · June 19, 1988

Date: June 19, 1988 · 11:10 local
Place: Lancaster, CA
Airport: Gen Wm J Fox Airfield Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6026C
Reported as: Cessna R182
Reported engine: Lycoming O540L3C5
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,700 total15 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

N6026CRegistered now · Cessna R182S/N R18200357 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna R182 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.

Landed too fast. Aircraft bounced. Pilot caused aircraft to land nose low. Nose wheel sheared off.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED TOO FAST. AIRCRAFT BOUNCED. PILOT CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO LAND NOSE LOW. NOSE WHEEL SHEARED OFF.