# Incident 19950602016869I: Cessna R182, Houston, TX, June 2, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 1995, 20:00 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Weiser Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9352° N, 95.6396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Weiser Air Park, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9352&lon=-95.6396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58GS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N58GS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,807 total, 800 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950602016869I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED - ON FLIGHT TO LULING AND RETURN - LAND AT LULING OK - ON RETURN LEG COMING INTO PATTERN AT EYQ LOWERED LANDING GEAR AND FOUND NO NOSE GEAR & NO GREEN DOWN LIGHTS. TRIED MANY TIMES TO CYCLE GEAR, ALSO TRIED MANUAL PUMP WITHOUT SUCCESS. LANDED ON MAIN GEAR WITH NOSE GEAR PARTIALLY RETRACTED - EVERYTHING OK. SITE INSPECTION REVEALED - DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR DOORS AND EXHAUST TIP AND FAIRING AND PROPELLER BLADES. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE MALFUNCTION WAS CAUSED BY THE UPPER RUBBER STOP PAD MISSING FROM PAD BASE - CAUSED GEAR DOORS TO JAM IN CLOSED POSITION. INCIDENT CLOSED.

## Other reports on N58GS (1)

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

- [Incident 20030118000549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030118000549I), Jan 18, 2003: Cessna R182 (N58GS), Galveston, TX. (-23) Pilot reported fuel problems 5 miles sw of Galveston sholes field. Pilot landed on Galveston beach. Found that the right fuel tank was empty. Pilot…

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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