# Incident 20031018031719I: Cessna 182A, West Point, VA, October 18, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2003, 15:33 local time
- Place: West Point, VA
- Airport: West Point Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5523° N, 76.8018° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Point, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5523&lon=-76.8018&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5995B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5995B) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 145 total, 35 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031018031719I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 18, 2003, ROBERT WILSON, AS PIC OF N5995B, A CESSNA 182A LANDED AT THE WEST POINT AIRPORT (W97). THE WEATHER, METAR FROM RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT THAT TIME PERIOD WAS FEW CLOUDS AT 5000 FEET, 10 MILES VISIBILITY, WINDS 350 AT 11 GUSTING TO 16 KNOTS. AFTER LANDING, AT APPROXIMATELY 30 KNOTS, THE NOSE WHEEL BEGAN TO SHIMMY. MR. WILSON PULLED FULL AFT ELEVATOR WITH NO CHANGE IN THE SHIMMY. AS THE VIBRATION BECAME WORSE MR. WILSON APPLIED THE BRAKES RESULTING IN THE LEFT NOSE WHEEL CONTROL ROD BREAKING. THE NOSE WHEEL COCKED AND THE AIRCRAFT TIPPED OVER RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP AND STRUCTURE. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

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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