# Incident 19990531008979I: Cessna 182L, Bessemer, AL, May 31, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1999, 07:00 local time
- Place: Bessemer, AL
- Airport: Bessemer Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3129° N, 86.9259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Bessemer Airport (EKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3129&lon=-86.9259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42278, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N42278) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182L (registry code 2072726, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 135 total, 10 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/19990531008979I

## Narrative

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

ACFT LANDED HARD AND THE NOSE AREA SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. (-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT HE DEPARTED DAWSON, GA, IN A CE-182, N42278, AT APPROX. 0600 AND ARRIVED AT BESSEMER, AL, BETWEEN 0700 AND 0730 ON 5/31/99. HE SAID HIS APPROACH SPEED WAS SLOW AND HE LANDED HARD, AT WHICH POINT HE APPLIED FULL POWER AND WENT AROUND.  HIS SUBSEQUENT LANDING WAS WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  AFTER PARKING THE AIRCRAFT HE NOTIFIED MAINTENANCE OF THE HARD LANDING AND DEPARTED THE FIELD.

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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