# Incident 20010723021239I: Cessna R182, Lorain / Elyria, OH, July 23, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2001, 13:03 local time
- Place: Lorain / Elyria, OH
- Airport: Lorain County Reg Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4388° N, 82.1797° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lorain, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4388&lon=-82.1797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2063S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2063S-2018-08-31) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,028 total, 1,800 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/20010723021239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND, PILOT DID FLY-BY AND CONFIRMED NOSE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. ATTEMPT TO HAND PUMP GEAR DOWN WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT SLID APPROX 21 FEET AFTER NOSE WAS LOWERED. MINOR DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR DOORS AND PROP STRIKE SUSTAINED.

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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