# Incident 20000505020439I: Cessna TR182, Statesboro, GA, May 5, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2000, 09:00 local time
- Place: Statesboro, GA
- Airport: Statesboro Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4394° N, 81.7751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Statesboro, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4394&lon=-81.7751&mi=10
- Aircraft: N954EF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Reported engine: LYC O540L3C5
- Pilot flight hours: 840 total, 420 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000505020439I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT DEPARTED ON RUNWAY 14 AT STATESBORO, GEORIGA. PILOT PLACE GEAR HANDLE IN THE UP POSITION, HOWEVER THE GEAR DID NOT SOUND NORMAL.  THE PILOT PLACED THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION BUT THE GEAR DID NOT FUNCTION AS IT SHOULD HAVE.  THE PILOT CIRCLED THE FIELD FOR APPROXIAMTELY 2 HOURS WHILE TALKING TO MECHANICS AND OTHER PILOTS IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE GEAR DOWN BUT TO NO AVAIL.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED WITH GEAR UP.  IT WAS AFTER THE LANDING THAT IT WAS REALIZED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A SECOND PROBLEM IN THAT THE TURBO CHARGER EXHAUST LINE HAD COME OFF BECAUSE OF A V CLAMP FAILURE.  THIS INTRODUCED VERY HOT GASSES INTHE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.  THE GASSES BURN/MELTED A HOLE THROUGH THE NOSE GEAR HOUSING AND BURNED THE NOSE GEAR TIRE, ONE HALF OF THE RIM AND ONE HALF OF THE NOSE GEAR FORK.  THE FIRE ALSO BURNED A HOLE APPROXIAMTELY 24" X 8" IN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BOTTOM COWLING.

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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