20030119006849I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182R · Eutaw, AL · January 19, 2003

Date: January 19, 2003 · 21:45 local
Place: Eutaw, AL
Airport: Eutaw Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9522X
Reported as: Cessna 182R
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 300 total150 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N9522XRegistered now · Cessna 182RS/N 18268544 · Built 1986 Airframe modelCessna 182R Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Preliminary investigations indicated that on landing both main tires blew. Pilot stated that they were on a civil air patrol night mission looking for an ELT signal. Pilot stated that on landing at the Eutaw airport he apparently got on the brakes too hard and slid the tires. Talked to a mechanic at the maintenance shop, he indicated that both tires had a flat spot worn through from braking.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS INDICATED THAT ON LANDING BOTH MAIN TIRES BLEW. PILOT STATED THAT THEY WERE ON A CIVIL AIR PATROL NIGHT MISSION LOOKING FOR AN ELT SIGNAL. PILOT STATED THAT ON LANDING AT THE EUTAW AIRPORT HE APPARENTLY GOT ON THE BRAKES TOO HARD AND SLID THE TIRES. TALKED TO A MECHANIC AT THE MAINTENANCE SHOP, HE INDICATED THAT BOTH TIRES HAD A FLAT SPOT WORN THROUGH FROM BRAKING.