# Incident 19990227016859I: Cessna R182, Roanoke, VA, February 27, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 1999, 12:33 local time
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Airport: Roanoke Regional/Woodrum Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2710° N, 79.9414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roanoke, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2710&lon=-79.9414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7301W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7301W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 1,005 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990227016859I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON FEBRUARY 27, 1999, A CESSNA 182R, S/N 1820051, N7301W, OPERATED BY MR. JOHN KEARNEY WAS ON A VISUAL APPROACH TO ROANOKE REGIONAL AIRPORT, VIRGINIA AT 1230 LOCAL TIME. MR. KEARNEY EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR BUT FAILED TO GET A GEAR DOWN (SAFE) INDICATION.  HE NOTIFIED THE TOWER AND DID THREE (3) FLY-BYS.  THE TOWER STATED THE GEAR, ALL THREE (3), APPEARED TO BE DOWN BUT COULD NOT CONFIRM A LOCKED STATUS.  MR. KEARNEY MADE A FINAL LANDING.  UPON EXITING THE RUNWAY TO TAXI, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT (PROPELLER AND NOSE GEAR DOORS).  DURING INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE NOSE GEAR ACUATOR, CESSNA P/N 1280514-9, DID NOT FULLY RETRACT ALLOWING ENGAGEMENT OF THE ACUATOR DOWN LOCK HOOKS.  UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THE LEFT SIDE LOCK PIN, AS PART OF THE ACUATOR, HAD FRACTURED AND JAMMED THE NOSE ACUATOR ROD AT THE LOCK HOOK ATTACHEMENT PREVENTING AN ADDITION 1/2 INCH OF TRAVEL TO FULLY ENGAGE THE DOWN LOCKS.  A MALFUNCITION DEFECT REPORT WAS SUBMITTED.

## Other reports on N7301W (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19780920033879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780920033879A), Sep 20, 1978: Cessna 182H (N7301W), Midway, TX, Substantial damage. Trunion and nose gear actuator failed.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.