# Incident 20040205000919I: Cessna R182, Scottsdale, AZ, February 5, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 2004, 15:15 local time
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport: Scottsdale Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5092° N, 111.8990° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsdale, AZ, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5092&lon=-111.8990&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9039C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9039C) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 650 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040205000919I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE HAD FLOWN TO SEDONA, AZ (SEZ) BUT WHEN SELECTING THE GEAR DOWN THE MAINS CAME DOWN BUT THERE WAS NO GREEN LIGHT (GEAR DOWN). HE SUSPECTED THE NOSE WHEEL HAD FAILED TO EXTEND. HE RETURNED TO SCOTTSDALE, AZ (SDL) AND CONTACTED THE TOWER AND DONE A FLYBY AND THEY CONFIRMED THE NOSE WHEEL WAS NOT EXTENDED. HE THEN FLEW AROUND FOR A FEW MINUTES TRYING TO GET IT TO EXTEND WITH NO SUCCESS. HE THEN LANDED ON THE MAINS WITH THE NOSE WHEEL IN THE WELL. THE AIRPLANE WAS LOOKED AT BY A MECHANIC WHO CONFIRMED THE GEAR DOORS HAD MALFUNTIONED.

## Other reports on N9039C (2)

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

- [Incident 19930415014129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930415014129I), Apr 15, 1993: Cessna 182Q (N9039C), Kaiser-Lake Oza, MO, Minor damage. Pilot made a hard landing. Broke nose wheel. Aircraft stopped on nose wheel inner barrel.
- [Incident 19790708020229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790708020229I), Jul 8, 1979: Cessna R182 (N9039C), Oklahoma City, OK, Minor damage. Aborted takeoff due to power loss. Water found in wing tank.

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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