# Incident 19960507026589I: Cessna R182, St Cloud, MN, May 7, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1996, 22:00 local time
- Place: St Cloud, MN
- Airport: St Cloud Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5466° N, 94.0599° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Saint Cloud Regional Airport (STC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5466&lon=-94.0599&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1727R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1727R-2013-11-15) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O540J3C5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 275 total, 9 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960507026589I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT DEPARTED ST. CLOUD AIRPORT (STC) FOR SHORT CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO ANOKA COUNTY AIRPORT (ANE). WHILE ON APPROACH TO ANE, THE LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED TO THE DOWN POSITION. LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION WAS NOT INDICATED. PILOT REPORTS THAT ALTHOUGH HE "FELT" THREE DISTINCT THUMPS SIMILAR TO NORMAL GEAR EXTENSION, HE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THE NOSE GEAR HAD LOCKED. PILOT DEPARTED ANE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND CONTINUED TO ATTEMPT GEAR EXTENSION UTILIZING ALTERNATE MEANS. IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE PILOT THAT DUE TO SITUATION, A RETURN TO STC WOULD BE PRUDENT. WHILE ENROUTE ANE-STC, SEVERAL MORE ATTEMPTS AT EXTENDING THE GEAR WERE MADE, UTILIZING BOTH NORMAL AND EMERGENCY METHODS. PILOT LANDED AT STC AND KEPT THE NOSE WHEEL IN THE AIR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE UNTIL SPEED WAS BLED OFF. UPON TOUCHDOWN OF THE NOSE WHEEL THE NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED INTO THE WHEEL WELL. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGERS. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED CONFIRMED MECHANICAL FAILURE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM. SPECIFICALLY, TWO (2) EACH LOCK PINS HAD SHEARED WITHIN THE BEARING END FORK ALLOWING THE PINS TO MIGRATE INWARD, THUS CREATING A SUFFICIENT BARRIER WHICH INHIBITED THE GEAR ASSEMBLY FROM COMPLETING THE NECESSARY TRAVEL TO ASSURE A PROPER DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION.

## Other reports on N1727R (2)

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

- [Incident 19920802036199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920802036199I), Aug 2, 1992: Cessna R182 (N1727R), Appleton, WI, Minor damage. Engine quit on final approach. Hit a runway approach light. Pilot did not have fuel selector in detent position.
- [Incident 19790507026129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790507026129I), May 7, 1979: Cessna R182 (N1727R), Lexington, KY, Minor damage. Pilot trying to make turnoff runway braked and ran into grass. On return to runway nosegear collapsed.

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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