# Accident 19980210001259A: Cessna 182, Payson, AZ, February 10, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 1998, 14:30 local time
- Place: Payson, AZ
- Airport: Payson Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1904° N, 111.1692° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1904&lon=-111.1692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52748, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52748) (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 182
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 194 total, 6 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX98LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980210001259A

## Narrative

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

COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR LANDING. INDICATES WITH MINIMAL INFO THAT POSSIBLE HARD LANDING AND PORPOISING OCCURRED.  (.4)ON FEBRUARY 10, 1998, AT 1430 HOURS MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 182P, N52748, COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR DURING LANDING AT THE PAYSON, ARIZONA, AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT AND HER TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM SCOTTSDALE AT 1300, AND WAS OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  THE PILOT STATED SHE WAS ABOUT 10 MILES OUT AND TALKING ON THE UNICOM FREQUENCY AND WAS TOLD THAT THE WINDS WERE 230 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS.  SHE WAS TOLD THAT THE RUNWAY IN USE WAS RUNWAY 24.  SHE SAID AS SHE ENTERED THE DOWNWIND LEG, SHE COULD SEE THE WIND WAS GUSTING AND CHANGING VELOCITY.  SHE STATED THE LANDING WAS "NORMAL, BUT AFTER SHE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN GEAR, THE FRONT END JUST DROPPED."  SHE SAID THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT STRAIGHT SO SHE BROUGHT THE PLANE TO A STOP USING THE BRAKES.  SHE SAID SHE WAS UNABLE TO STEER THE AIRPLANE TO THE TAXIWAY, SO SHE CALLED UNICOM FOR ASSISTANCE AND SHUT DOWN THE AIRPLANE ON THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT STATED SHE REVIEWED THE CURRENT LOGBOOK AND SQUAWK SHEET BEFORE THE FLIGHT AND NOTED NO DISCREPANCIES.  THE OWNER OF THE FLIGHT SCHOOL WAS INTERVIEWED BY TELEPHONE ON FEBRUARY 18TH.  HE STATED THAT A STUDENT PILOT DID A HARD LANDING WITH THIS AIRPLANE APPROXIMATELY 10 HOURS BEFORE THIS FLIGHT TO PAYSON.  HE SAID THAT THERE WAS A SHIMMY IN THE GEAR, BUT HE "INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND DID NOT SEE ANY DAMAGE."  THE LAST 100-HOUR INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED ON DECEMBER 1997.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX98LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA088), Feb 10, 1998: Cessna 182P (N52748), Payson, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The collapse of the nose landing gear for undetermined reasons.

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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