# Incident 19910908038719I: Cessna 182A, Sylacauga, AL, September 8, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1991, 14:35 local time
- Place: Sylacauga, AL
- Airport: Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 33.1718° N, 86.3055° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERKEL FLD SYLACAUGA MUNI (SCD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1718&lon=-86.3055&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5162D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5162D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 446 total, 205 in this make and model, 61 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910908038719I

## Narrative

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

NOSE WHEEL SHAKING ON TAKEOFF ROLL. DISCHARGED JUMPERS. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. VEERED OFF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N5162D (2)

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

- [Incident 19931212051949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931212051949I), Dec 12, 1993: Cessna 182A (N5162D), Pell City, AL, Minor damage. Engine quit on final. Landed short of runway. Suspect carburator ice.
- [Accident 19850117000929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850117000929A), Jan 17, 1985: Cessna 182A (N5162D), Wichita Falls, TX, Substantial damage. Side slipped on final with fuel selector on low wing tank. Fuel outlet unported, fuel starvation, engine quit.

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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