# Incident 19970907033559I: Cessna 182B, El Paso, TX, September 7, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1997, 19:10 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8073° N, 106.3764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EL PASO INTL (ELP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8073&lon=-106.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N181DL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,480 total, 25 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970907033559I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 07, 1997, AT 19:10 MDT, A CESSNA 182B, N181DL, REGISTERED TO C. FRANK DAVIS OF LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO, LOST THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL AND BRAKE ASSEMBLIES AFTER THE LEFT TIRE BLEW DURING LANDING AT EL PASO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN EL PASO, TEXAS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED. THE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT 13:00 MDT IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA WITH A FUEL STOP IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED BY THE PILOT, JOHN FRANKLIN JENNINGS, CERTIFICATE #1483890. IT APPEARS THE TAIL WHEEL CENTERING BEARING MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ROTATING SMOOTHLY WHICH CAUSED THE TAIL WHEEL TO "JERK" AS IT TRIED TO CENTER ITSELF. THIS IN TURN CAUSED THE PILOT TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING THE LANDING ROLL OUT. WHEN THE AIRPLANE IS HANGARED AND THE REPAIR PROCESS IS BEGUN, THE TAIL WHEEL WILL BE DISASSEMBLED/INSPECTED AND THE FINDINGS WILL BE REPORTED TO THE ABQ FSDO. AN M OR D WILL BE INITIATED AS NECESSARY.

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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