# Incident 19960606026989I: Cessna TR182, Lakeville, MN, June 6, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 1996, 10:40 local time
- Place: Lakeville, MN
- Airport: Airlake Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6279° N, 93.2281° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AIRLAKE (LVN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6279&lon=-93.2281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4594S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4594S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,420 total, 100 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960606026989I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: INSTRUCTOR WAS GIVING PILOT CHECK OUT (HIGH PERFORMANCE/COMPLEX A/C) IN E-182RG. THEY WERE DOING TOUCH AND GO'S COMING AROUND FOR SECOND TOUCH & GO. THE PILOT LOWERED GEAR BUT GREEN GEAR DOWN LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. PILOTS CHECKED WITH MIRROR AND OBSERVED MAINS DOWN BUT NOSE GEAR NOT DOWN. TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO GET GEAR DOWN TO NO AVAIL. MAKE GEAR UP (NOSE GEAR) LANDING AT AIR LAKE WITH MINIMUM DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES. SUSPECT MECHANICAL PROBLEM WITH NOSE GEAR. REQUESTED M OR D REPORT FROM MECHANICS CONDUCTING WORK ON GEAR. WILL ATTEMPT TO HAVE AN INSPECTOR OBSERVE GEAR TEST.

## Other reports on N4594S (1)

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

- [Incident 19880820053789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880820053789I), Aug 20, 1988: Cessna TR182 (N4594S), Troy, NY, Minor damage. Made a hard landing after dark. Bounced and touched down again hard. Nose gear collapsed. Pilot re-examined.

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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