# Incident 20000516022409I: Cessna R182, Mansfield, MA, May 16, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2000, 13:48 local time
- Place: Mansfield, MA
- Airport: Mansfield Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0009° N, 71.1980° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANSFIELD MUNI (1B9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0009&lon=-71.1980&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2631C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2631C) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000516022409I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON APPROACH TO BED, PILOT REPORTED NOSE GEAR NOT EXTENDING AND REQUESTED TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS TO BOUNCE THE GEAR FREE. AFTER UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT, PILOT ELECTED TO FLY TO 1B9 FOR MAINTENANCE.  PILOT APPROACHED RWY 32, REDUCED POWER AND LANDED ON MAIN LANDING GEAR ABOUT 1180 FEET BEYOND THRESHOLD OF RWY 32.  AIRCRAFT STOPPED 210 FEET BEYOND FIRST PROPELLER BLADE POIN TO CONTACT.  MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.  NO INJUY TO PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT.  AIRCRAFT TOWED TO CASEY AVIATION.  NOSEGEAR DOORS JAMMED CLOSED BY OVERLAPPING PROTRUDING RIVET HEADS.  NOSE GEAR EXTENDED DOWN AND LOCKED AFTER GEARS DOORS WERE RELEASED.

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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