# Incident 20030328009329I: Cessna 182A, Danielson, CT, March 28, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2003, 13:40 local time
- Place: Danielson, CT
- Airport: Danielson
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8197° N, 71.9010° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANIELSON (LZD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8197&lon=-71.9010&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9982B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9982B-2026-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 994 total, 5 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030328009329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED AS A FAR 61.56 FLIGHT REVIEW. THE APPLICANT, MR. DENNIS LAMBERT, WHO IS ALSO THE AIRPLANE OWNER HAD NOT BEEN FLYING FOR ALMOST ONE AND A HALF YEARS DUE TO MEDICAL ISSUE, THAT WAS RESOLVED PRIOR TO THIS FLIGHT. WHILE RETURNING TO (5B3) DANIELSON AIRPORT FOR TAKEOFFS, AND LANDINGS THE PILOT RECEIVED THE CURRENT A.S.O.S. OBSERVATION FROM (IJD) WINDAM AIRPORT WHICH IS LOCATED 13 NM TO THE WEST, SOUTH WEST. THE WEATHER WAS REPORTED AS CLEAR WITH WIND FROM 170 @ 14 KTS. THE INITIAL LANDING WAS PLANNED FOR RUNWAY #13, WHILE ON SHORT FINAL JUST AS THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED BELOW THE TREE LINE THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED STRONG WINDSHEAR, LOSS OF AIRSPEED AND A HIGH SINK RATE. THE PILOT, AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR INITIATED A RECOVERY. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET SHORT OF THE HARD SURFACE RUNWAY IN THE GRASS, ALIGNED WITH THE RUNWAY, AND 11 FEET TO THE LEFT OF THE EXTENDED RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THE NOSE TIRE STRUCK THE 2 INCH ASPHALT LIP OF THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY FOLLOWED BY THE MAIN GEAR, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND PILOT ADDED FULL POWER AND EXECUTED A GO AROUND, FOLLOWED BY AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING ON THE SAME RUNWAY USING SOFT FIELD LANDING PROCEDURES. DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT HAD A NOSE GEAR SHIMMY. UPON POST FLIGHT INSPECTION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT PART OF THE NOSE WHEEL HAD BROKEN OFF, ALTHOUGH THE TIRE REMAINED INFLATED AND SOME SHEET METAL SKIN WAS SLIGHTLY DEFORMED.

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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