# Incident 20020803023159I: Cessna R182, Huntsville, AL, August 3, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2002, 18:10 local time
- Place: Huntsville, AL
- Airport: Moontown Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7474° N, 86.4610° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOONTOWN (3M5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7474&lon=-86.4610&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5239S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5239S) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 175 total, 70 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020803023159I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AS STATED BY THE PILOT: MR. PHILLIPS STATED THAT ON THE MORNING OF AUGUST 3, 2002 HE HAD FLOWN TO TUSCALOOSA TO ATTEND A WEDDING AND THEN HAD FLOWN BACK TO MOONTOWN AIRPORT THAT AFTERNOON. MR. PHILLIPS STATED THAT HIS APPROACH WAS NORMAL COMING INTO MOONTOWN WHEN HE TOUCHED DOWN HE STATED THAT HIS BRAKING ACTION WAS NOT GOOD SO HE APPLIED FULL BRAKES. AT THAT POINT THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SKID ON THE GRASS AND SLID OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY JUST BENDING THE PROP SLIGHTLY. THERE WERE TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT ONE OF WHICH WAS A CERTIFIED PILOT. WHEN ASKED HOW MUCH EXPERIENCE HE HAD FLYING INTO THAT PARTICULAR AIRPORT HE STATED THAT HE HAD DONE HIS PRIVATE PILOT AND INSTRUMENT RATING FLYING AT MOONTOWN AIRPORT. MR. PHILLIPS STATED IN A PHONE INTERVIEW THAT NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N5239S (1)

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

- [Incident 19850922059909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850922059909I), Sep 22, 1985: Cessna R182 (N5239S), Lake Charles, LA, Minor damage. Landed gear up on grass next to runway. Gear could not be extended due to brake cylinder rotation which jammed gear

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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