# Incident 19960601018309I: Cessna TR182, San Carlos, CA, June 1, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1996, 09:30 local time
- Place: San Carlos, CA
- Airport: San Carlos Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5119° N, 122.2495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN CARLOS (SQL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5119&lon=-122.2495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5275R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5275R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TR182 (registry code 2072735, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 152 total, 16 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960601018309I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 1, 1996, AT 0930 PDT, A CESSNA T182RG, OWNED AND OPERATED BY TIMOTHY R LUNDELL WAS INVOLVED IN A LANDING INCIDENT AT SAN CARLOS (SQL) AIRPORT DURING A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER AND THE LOWER COWLING AND NOSE GEAR DOORS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER THE PILOT OR THE PASSENGER. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PALO ALTO, CA AT APPROXIMATELY 0915 PDT OF THE SAME DAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS PERFORMING A NORMAL APPROACH TO LANDING FOR RUNWAY 12. THE GREEN "DOWN AND LOCKED" GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT WAS CONFIRMED ILLUMINATED. THERE WAS NO RED "GEAR UNSAFE" LIGHT. THE PILOT LANDED UNAWARE THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE PROPELLER AND LOWER ENGINE COWLING AND CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY. MAINTENANCE FACILITY WILL PROVIDE REPORT FOLLOWING INSPECTION AND TESTING OF THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL AND INDICATION WARNINGS SYSTEMS.

## Other reports on N5275R (1)

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

- [Incident 19960904033809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960904033809I), Sep 4, 1996: Cessna TR182 (N5275R), Livermore, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: nose landing gear would not extend. Pilot landed aircraft with nose gear up. No injuries to pilot or passenger and minor damage to aircraft.

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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