# Accident 20030924024349A: Cessna R182, Cedar City, UT, September 24, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2003, 13:44 local time
- Place: Cedar City, UT
- Airport: Cedar City Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7011° N, 113.0986° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7011&lon=-113.0986&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6078C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6078C) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 174 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN03LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA156) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030924024349A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TAKEOFF AND THE GEAR LIGHT REMAINED GREEN. PILOT THOUGHT THE NOSE GEAR MIGHT BE PARTIALLY RETRACTED AND WENT THROUGH EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES. HE ALSO DID A FLYBY AND HAD PERSONNEL ON THE GROUND OBSERVED THE GEAR. THEY REPORTED THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. THE PILOT THEN MADE A NORMAL APPROACH TO THE CEDAR CITY, UTAH AIRPORT. AFTER LANDING WHEN THE PILOT LOWERED THE NOSE TO THE GROUND THE NOSE WHEEL LEFT THE AIRPLANE. THE NOSE STRUT WAS IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION AND THE WHEEL YOKE WAS GROUND OFF AS THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP. THE AXLE TO THE NOSE WHEEL WAS LOCATED AND IT APPEARED THE NUT ON THE END OF THE AXLE HAD BACKED OFF. THE HOLE FOR THE COTTER PIN WAS FILLED WITH OLD GREASE. THE COTTER PIN APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN MISSING FOR SOME TIME. THE NOSE WHEEL AXLE HAD SLID OUT DUE TO THE MISSING NUT AND COTTER PIN ALLOWING THE WHEEL TO COME OFF.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN03LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA156), Sep 24, 2003: Cessna R182 (N6078C), Cedar City, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: the nose wheel separating from the airplane during the precautionary landing. Factors contributing to the accident were the missing nose gear axle through-bolt and the missing cotter pin.

## Other reports on N6078C (1)

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

- [Incident 20180429007789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180429007789I), Apr 29, 2018: Cessna R182 (N6078C), Prescott, AZ, Minor damage. Upon selecting gear down while preparing to land at prc, PIC did not obtain a safe gear indication. Gear was cycled but no safe indication was obtained. Tower…

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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