# Accident 20000824038669A: Cessna 182G, Fallon, NV, August 24, 2000 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 24, 2000, 10:00 local time - Place: Fallon, NV - Airport: Fallon Municipal Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 39.4998° N, 118.2900° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4998&lon=-118.2900&mi=10 - Aircraft: N24RE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24RE) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 182G (registry code 2072716, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G - Reported engine: CONT O470* - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 185 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA357](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA357) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000824038669A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) ON AUGUST 24, 2000, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR BASED AT FALLON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, FALLON, NV, WAS GIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION IN A CESSNA 182, N24RE, TO OWNER ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^WHO DOES NOT HOLD STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE. ^PRIVACY DA^ WAS PERFORMING A SIMULATED ENGINE OUT LANDING AND LANDED SHORT AND STRUCK A SMALL BURM ON THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. THE A/C HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL, LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN, TUNNEL AREA AND THE FORWARD CABIN FLOOR. THIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED TO THE FAA OR NTSB UNTIL FOUND BY AN FAA INSPECTOR WHO WAS CONDUCTING SURVEILLANCE OF MR. ^PRIVACY DATA ^REPAIR STATION AT FALLON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, FALLON, NV. (.4) ON AUGUST 24, 2000, ABOUT 1000 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 182G, N24RE, BLEW THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TIRE ON LANDING AT THE FALLON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, FALLON, NEVADA. THE AIRPLANE, OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) AND THE OWNER/PRIVATE PILOT WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE LOCAL AREA INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT THAT D DPARTED FALLON AT AN UNKNOWN TIME AND WAS SCHEDULED TO TERMINATE THERE. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED ON OCTOBER 6, 2000, BY A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) INSPECTOR WHO WAS CONDUCTING SURVEILLANCE OF A REPAIR STATION AT THE FALLON AIRPORT AND FOUND THE DAMAGED AIRPLANE. ACCORDING TO INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE REPAIR STATION, THE AIRPLANE LANDED SHORT AND BENT THE NOSE WHEEL AFTER IT STRUCK A BERM ON THE OVERRUN PORTION OF THE RUNWAY. AFTER THE NOSE WHEEL STRUCK THE BERM, A GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED. ON THE SECOND LANDING, THE NOSE WHEEL BLEW OUT DUE TO THE BROKEN WHEEL ASSEMBLY. INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ATTACH POINT WAS BROKEN. IN VERBAL STATEMENTS TO THE FAA INSPECTOR, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE OWNER DENIED DAMAGING THE AIRPLANE ON THEIR FLIGHT. INSTEAD, THEY INDICATED THAT THE OWNER'S SON MIGHT HAVE DAMAGED THE AIRPLANE ON A PREVIOUS FLIGHT. IN THE CFI'S WRITTEN STATEMENT TO THE SAFETY BOARD HE INDICATED THAT HE HAD SIMULATED AN ENGINE FAILURE FOR THE STUDENT PILOT. THE AIRPLANE WAS TOO LOW AND SLOW ON FINAL TO MAKE A LANDING ON THE RUNWAY, AND LANDED HARD. THE CFI STATED THAT NOT ENOUGH POWER WAS APPLIED, AND THAT THE DAMAGE WAS UNKNOWN UNTIL THE SECOND LANDING WHEN THE NOSE TIRE WENT FLAT ON ROLLOUT. THE CFI FURTHER INDICATED A PROPER INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT COMPLETED FOLLOWING THE PREVIOUS HARD LANDING. AVIATION WEATHER REPORTS FOR THE PURPORTED DAY OF THE ACCIDENT SHOW VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. ## 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 LAX00LA357](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA357), Aug 24, 2000: Cessna 182G (N24RE), Fallon, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: A hard landing by a pilot of a previous flight. Additional causes of the accident were an undershoot that resulted in a hard landing, and the CFI's failure to adequately supervise the flight. ## Other reports on N24RE (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20160508007659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160508007659I), May 8, 2016: Cessna 182G (N24RE), Reno, NV, Minor damage. Student pilot was performing touch-and-go's on runway 34R. Upon touchdown in a left crosswind the aircraft had too much left rudder input and the aircart… 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.