# Incident 19971204040079I: Cessna 182P, Saluda, VA, December 4, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1997, 14:20 local time
- Place: Saluda, VA
- Airport: Hummel Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6036° N, 76.4465° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUMMEL FLD (W75), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6036&lon=-76.4465&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55MR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55MR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,450 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971204040079I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAXI TO RUNWAY NOSE GEAR SUNK INTO SOFT GROUND CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO PROP TIP.

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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