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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182L · Westminister, MD · February 18, 1997

Date: February 18, 1997 · 15:50 local
Place: Westminister, MD
Airport: Carrol County Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3192R
Reported as: Cessna 182L
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 74 total40 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N3192RRegistered now · Cessna 182LS/N 18258592 · Built 1967 Airframe modelCessna 182L 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: upon landing at W54, runway 16, pilot reported that aircraft pulled to the right after nosewheel touched down. Aircraft went off right hand side of runway. Nose wheel & prop struck a taxi light pylon & light assy, which damaged prop blade & nosewheel assy. Pilot reported that nosewheel or nosestrut felt as if it had collapsed upon touchdown. On-site investigation showed no signs of nosewheel or strut failure prior to striking taxi pylon & light assy.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: UPON LANDING AT W54, RUNWAY 16, PILOT REPORTED THAT AIRCRAFT PULLED TO THE RIGHT AFTER NOSEWHEEL TOUCHED DOWN. AIRCRAFT WENT OFF RIGHT HAND SIDE OF RUNWAY. NOSE WHEEL & PROP STRUCK A TAXI LIGHT PYLON & LIGHT ASSY, WHICH DAMAGED PROP BLADE & NOSEWHEEL ASSY. PILOT REPORTED THAT NOSEWHEEL OR NOSESTRUT FELT AS IF IT HAD COLLAPSED UPON TOUCHDOWN. ON-SITE INVESTIGATION SHOWED NO SIGNS OF NOSEWHEEL OR STRUT FAILURE PRIOR TO STRIKING TAXI PYLON & LIGHT ASSY.