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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 182G · Mosinee, WI · February 2, 1995

Date: February 2, 1995 · 18:00 local
Place: Mosinee, WI
Airport: Central Wisconsin
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N3793U
Reported as: Cessna 182G
Reported engine: Continental O470L
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 700 total160 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N3793URegistered now · Cessna 182GS/N 18255193 · Built 1963 Airframe modelCessna 182G Engine modelContinental O-470 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.

Narrative: on February 2, 1995, at 1800 CST, a Cessna 182G, N3793U, registered to david g. vancanneyt and operated by scott k. frost, landed at Central Wisconsin Airport, Mosinee, Wisconsin while on a personal flight that originated from stevens point, Wisconsin. During the flare out procedure, previous to actual touchdown, the lower segment of the pilots control wheel/yoke physically separated (broke) at two locations; the upper left and lower right corner of this rectangular shaped device. Control of the aircraft was maintained by use of the remaining upper segment of the control wheel and the aircraft touched down on all three gear, sustaining no damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. A malfunction & defect report has been filed regarding this incident and an accident safety recommendation is to follow.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 2, 1995, AT 1800 CST, A CESSNA 182G, N3793U, REGISTERED TO DAVID G. VANCANNEYT AND OPERATED BY SCOTT K. FROST, LANDED AT CENTRAL WISCONSIN AIRPORT, MOSINEE, WISCONSIN WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED FROM STEVENS POINT, WISCONSIN. DURING THE FLARE OUT PROCEDURE, PREVIOUS TO ACTUAL TOUCHDOWN, THE LOWER SEGMENT OF THE PILOTS CONTROL WHEEL/YOKE PHYSICALLY SEPARATED (BROKE) AT TWO LOCATIONS; THE UPPER LEFT AND LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF THIS RECTANGULAR SHAPED DEVICE. CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS MAINTAINED BY USE OF THE REMAINING UPPER SEGMENT OF THE CONTROL WHEEL AND THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON ALL THREE GEAR, SUSTAINING NO DAMAGE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. A MALFUNCTION & DEFECT REPORT HAS BEEN FILED REGARDING THIS INCIDENT AND AN ACCIDENT SAFETY RECOMMENDATION IS TO FOLLOW.