# Incident 20030403007109I: Cessna TR182, Napa, CA, April 3, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2003, 19:02 local time
- Place: Napa, CA
- Airport: Napa County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2132° N, 122.2807° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPA COUNTY (APC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2132&lon=-122.2807&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737PS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N737PS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TR182 (registry code 2072735, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-540-L3C5D (registry code 42364, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-540-l3c5d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,180 total, 1,120 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030403007109I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT LANDED GEAR UP WHEN HE COULD NOT GET NOSE GEAR TO EXTEND. PILOT STATED HE TRIED EMERGENCY EXTENSION AND ABRUPT MANEUVERS BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET NOSE GEAR TO EXTEND. HE LANDED WITH NO INJURIES ON RUNWAY 24 AT NAPA CA. AIRPORT. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE BELLY AND PROPELLER OF THE AIRCRAFT. LATER EXAMINATION OF THE GEAR SYSTEM REVEALED THE NOSE GEAR DOORS HAD JAMMED IN THE CLOSED POSITION. AIR LOADS ON THE NOSE BOWL IN FLIGHT JAMMED THE DOOR ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE AT THE SKIN OVER-LAP. THE NOSE GEAR DOORS HAD REPLACED ABOUT A YEAR AND HALF PRIOR TO THIS EVENT.

## Other reports on N737PS (2)

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

- [Incident 19840213010979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840213010979I), Feb 13, 1984: Cessna TR182 (N737PS), Fresno, CA. Received unsafe gear down indication. Found defective left main landing gear strut down stop pad.
- [Accident 19790811033889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790811033889A), Aug 11, 1979: Cessna 182 (N737PS), Winsted, MN, Substantial damage. Pilot leveled off over rwy 30 ft too high. Acft dropped to rwy, bounced & collapsed nose 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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