# Accident 20010406015099A: Cessna 182Q, Lakeland, FL, April 6, 2001 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: April 6, 2001, 18:15 local time - Place: Lakeland, FL - Airport: Lakeland Regional Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 27.9805° N, 82.0106° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9805&lon=-82.0106&mi=10 - Aircraft: N74SM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N74SM) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 1,003 total, 39 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA01LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA112) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010406015099A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON APRIL 6, 2001 MS. DELORES ALFANO, THE PILOT IN COMMAND, WAS LANDING AT LAKELAND AIRPORT. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE NOSE WHEEL PANT HAD SCUFFING ON THE LOWER LEADING EDGE. ADDITIONALLY, THE WHEEL PANT IS TORN ON THE RIGHT SIDE AT THE BOTTOM. THE NOSE TIRE DISPLAYED SCUFFING AND HAS A FLAT SPOT ACROSS THE TREAD. THERE ARE DIAGONAL CREASES ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE FROM HALFWAY UP THE FIREWALL GOING TOWARD THE LOWER STRUT ATTACH POINT. NO FURTHER FUSELAGE DAMAGE, NO MAIN GEAR DAMAGE WAS NOTED. (NARRATIVE FROM FORM 8020-23) (.4) ON APRIL 6, 2001, AT ABOUT 1815 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 182Q, N74SM, REGISTERED TO THE CIVIL AIR PATROL INC., OPERATING AS A 14 CFR PART 91 POSITIONING FLIGHT COLLIDED WITH THE RUNWAY ON LANDING AT LAKELAND-LINDER REGIONAL AIRPORT, LAKELAND, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PRIVATE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM NORTH PERRY AIRPORT, HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA, ABOUT 1 HOUR 55 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT STATED SHE MADE A NORMAL LANDING AND WAS HOLDING B ACK PRESSURE ON THE YOKE. DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT SHE FELT A SHUDDER AFTER THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY. SHE ASSUMED SHE HAD BLOWN A TIRE. SHE INFORMED THE CONTROL TOWER THAT SHE HAD BLOWN A TIRE AND ROLLED TO A STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. AFTER EXITING THE AIRPLANE SHE OBSERVED THAT THE NOSE WHEEL WAS FLAT AND BOTH PROPELLER TIPS WERE CURLED AFT. THE PILOT STATED DURING HER PREFLIGHT INSPECTION THE NOSE GEAR PLATE WOULD NOT STAY CLOSED, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN A FUEL SAMPLE, AND THE FUEL SELECTOR IDENTIFICATION PLATE WAS INSTALLED BACKWARDS. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE BY THE NTSB AND THE FAA REVEALED THE NOSE WHEEL HAD COLLIDED WITH THE RUNWAY FIRST ON LANDING. THE FRONT OF THE NOSE WHEEL PANTS WAS SCUFFED AND SCRATCHED, THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF THE PANT WAS SCRATCHED AND BROKEN. THE NOSE WHEEL TIRE WAS FLAT AND HAD A SCUFF MARK RUNNING ACROSS THE WIDTH OF THE TIRE. THE ENGINE COWLING WAS REMOVED AND BOTH SIDES OF THE ENGINE FIREWALL WAS BENT INWARD. THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FORWARD FUSELAGE LOCATED NEXT TO THE FIREWALL HAD A DIAGONAL CREASE RUNNING FROM THE FIREWALL OUTBOARD TO THE LOWER LEFT WING STRUT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE NOTED TO EITHER MAIN LANDING GEAR OR THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE. ## 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 MIA01LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA112), Apr 6, 2001: Cessna 182Q (N74SM), Lakeland, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to flare on landing resulting in a hard landing. 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.