19961222044629I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182G · Middletown, DE · December 22, 1996

Date: December 22, 1996 · 16:45 local
Place: Middletown, DE
Airport: Summit Airpark Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2476R
Reported as: Cessna 182G
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 789 total700 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N2476RRegistered now · Cessna 182GS/N 18255576 · Built 1964 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: pilot made hard landing due to sun glare and dirt on windshield. A/c sustained minor damage. Pilot counseled.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT MADE HARD LANDING DUE TO SUN GLARE AND DIRT ON WINDSHIELD. A/C SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. PILOT COUNSELED.