# Incident 19880820053789I: Cessna TR182, Troy, NY, August 20, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1988, 19:42 local time
- Place: Troy, NY
- Airport: Rensselaer Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6916° N, 73.5800° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RENSSELAER COUNTY (5B7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6916&lon=-73.5800&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4594S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4594S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 401 total, 244 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880820053789I

## Narrative

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

MADE A HARD LANDING AFTER DARK. BOUNCED AND TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN HARD. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. PILOT RE-EXAMINED.

## Other reports on N4594S (1)

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

- [Incident 19960606026989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960606026989I), Jun 6, 1996: Cessna TR182 (N4594S), Lakeville, MN, Minor damage. Narrative: instructor was giving pilot check out (high performance/complex a/c) in E-182RG. They were doing touch and go's coming around for second touch & go.…

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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