# Incident 19890323015289I: Cessna R182, Islip, NY, March 23, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 1989, 15:40 local time
- Place: Islip, NY
- Airport: Long Island Mac Arthur
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7961° N, 73.1007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LONG ISLAND MAC ARTHUR (ISP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7961&lon=-73.1007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5274S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5274S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-540-J3C5D (registry code 42361, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-540-j3c5d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- Reported engine: LYC O540L3C5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890323015289I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO EXTEND NOSE GEAR. LANDED AND HELD NOSE OFF AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. SUSPECT AIR IN HYDRAULIC LINE.

## Other reports on N5274S (1)

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

- [Accident 20061022021449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061022021449A), Oct 22, 2006: Cessna R182 (N5274S), Ames, IA, Substantial damage. (-23) The aircraft was landing at Ames Municipal Airport. The pilot setup to land on runway 31. He noted that the nose gear safe light had not illuminated so…

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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