# Accident 19990606021569A: Cessna 182B, Salt Lake City, UT, June 6, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 1999, 11:00 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2276G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2276G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182B (registry code 2072706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 239 total, 11 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN99LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990606021569A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 6, 1999, AT 0950 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 182B, N2276G, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING LANDING ROLL AT SALT LAKE CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THIS LOCAL AREA PLEASURE FLIGHT OPERATING UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED AT 0850. (-23) AFTER LDG NOSE GEAR SCISSOR CAME APART. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. POSSIBLE POOR MAINTENANCE,                                                          (.4) ON JUNE 6, 1999, AT 1100 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 182B, N2276G, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING LANDING ROLL AT SALT LAKE CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THIS LOCAL AREA PLEASURE FLIGHT OPERATING UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED AT 0945. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, AS HE LOWERED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO THE RUNWAY DURING LANDING ROLL, THE NOSE WHEEL STARTED TO SHIMMY FOLLOWED BY RADICA L DEPARTURE TO THE RIGHT. FULL LEFT BRAKE AND RUDDER HAD NO EFFECT AND THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED. THE PILOT SAID THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER AND LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST NOSE DOWN WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FOLDED REARWARD AND COCKED AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY A FAA AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR PROVIDED INFORMATION THAT THE SCISSORS BOLT ON THE NOSE WHEEL LANDING GEAR TORQUE LINK WAS MISSING. ON EXAMINATION OF THE LANDING AREA, THE INSPECTOR, ASSISTED BY AIRPORT PERSONNEL, COULD FIND NO EVIDENCE OF THE BOLT, AND THE BOLTHOLE IN THE SCISSORS ASSEMBLY WAS NOT DAMAGED OR ELONGATED.

## 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 DEN99LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA094), Jun 6, 1999: Cessna 182B (N2276G), Salt Lake City, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the nose landing gear scissors bolt 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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