# Incident 20011225033929I: Cessna R182, Louisburg, NC, December 25, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 2001, 16:00 local time
- Place: Louisburg, NC
- Airport: Franklin County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0966° N, 78.2986° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisburg, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0966&lon=-78.2986&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4927S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4927S) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011225033929I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT'S INITIAL CONTACT WAS APPROXIMATELY 500' FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 4. THE SKID MARKS OF THE TIRES START AT 51" CENTER TO CENTER AND RAPIDLY DIMINISH TO 46" CENTER TO CENTER. (THE NORMAL WIDTH OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR ON THIS AIRCRAFT IS 108") THESE SKID MARKS CONTINUE DOWN THE RUNWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 500' AND THEN VEER TO THE LEFT INTO THE INFIELD, WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST. THE MAIN WHEELS WERE IN THE WELLS AND THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL HANDLE WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION. WITH POWER APPLIED THE GEAR UNSAFE HORN SOUNDED. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED AND POWER APPLIED THE MAIN LANDING GEARS WENT TO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION, THE HORN WENT OFF AND THE GREEN "GEAR SAFE" LIGHT CAME ON. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR HAD REMAINED DOWN AND LOCKED THE ENTIRE TIME, ELIMINATING ANY GROUND CONTACT BY THE PROPELLER, OR A SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF THE ENGINE.

## Other reports on N4927S (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20230429007589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230429007589I), Apr 29, 2023: Cessna R182 (N4927S), Aiken, SC, Minor damage. Pilot reported he lowered gear on downwind leg of runway 25 without incident and observed gear down indication and he verified via mirrors mounted underneath…

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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