# Incident 20031215034669I: Cessna 182Q, Auburn, AL, December 15, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2003, 10:40 local time
- Place: Auburn, AL
- Airport: Auburn-Opelika G Pitts Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6099° N, 85.4808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Auburn, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6099&lon=-85.4808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7554S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7554S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 60 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031215034669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE FLARED EARLY AND LANDED HARD, BOUNCING A COUPLE OF TIMES CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. STUDENT PILOT WAS REFERRED BACK TO INSTRUCTOR FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING.

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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