# Incident 20040424008019I: Cessna R182, Rchmond/Ashland, VA, April 24, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2004, 13:30 local time
- Place: Rchmond/Ashland, VA
- Airport: Hanover County Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7089° N, 77.4366° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HANOVER COUNTY MUNI (OFP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7089&lon=-77.4366&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7348X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7348X) (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: 1,270 total, 50 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040424008019I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 24, 2004, AT 13:00 LOCAL TIME, AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT DEPARTED HANOVER COUNTY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, VIRGINIA (OFP). THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS PROVIDING INSTRUCTION TO A PRIVATE PILOT IN PREPARATION FOR A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE. BOTH PILOTS REPORTED THAT THE STUDENT WAS PERFORMING SHORT FIELD LANDINGS AT OFP. THE PILOTS REPORTED APPROACHING FOR THE 2ND OR 3RD SHORT FIELD LANDING WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT 13:30 LOCAL TIME. THEY STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, BOUNCED UP AND THAT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE FLIPPED UP AND THE GEAR COLLAPSED ON THE SECONDARY CONTACT WITH RUNWAY 34. THE CFI REPORTED SMOKE COMING FROM THE DASH ON IMPACT, AND THE STUDENT REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO LANDING GEAR AURAL WARNING HEARD AND HIS FOCUS WAS OUT THE WINDSCREEN. THE INITIAL POINT OF IMPACT SCARS WERE FOUND ON RUNWAY 34 AT APPROXIMATELY 680' AND WERE MADE BY THE TAIL TIE DOWN RING, WHICH WAS FOUND IN THE ASPHALT. THE AIRCRAFT BELLY MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AT 704' AND PROPELLER AT 720'. THE AIRCRAFT SLID FORWARD AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTERLINE BEFORE STOPPING AT APPROXIMATELY 1090' DOWN RUNWAY 34. THE LANDING GEAR WAS FULLY RETRACTED. THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS FOUND IN THE UP POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED UP, THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND IT REMAINED IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN AT THE INCIDENT DOCUMENTED DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE BELLY UNDER THE CABIN AND AT THE TAIL TIE DOWN POINT. ON APRIL 26, 2004, THE LANDING GEAR WAS SUCCESSFULLY RETRACTED AND EXTENDED SEVERAL TIMES. THE AVERAGE RETRACTION TIME WAS 8 SECONDS. THE LANDING GEAR, STALL WARNING AND FLAP AURAL WARNING WAS FOUND INOPERATIVE. THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS SHOW THAT AN ANNUAL INSPECTION TOOK PLACE ON OR ABOUT MARCH 2004, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE ON MARCH 9, 2004. DURING THE ANNUAL INSPECTION, THE AIRCRAFT INTERIOR WAS REPLACED. THE AURAL WARNING SPEAKER IS LOCATED IN THE CABIN HEADLINER. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE POWER WIRE G-C7 TO THE AURAL WARNING SPEAKER WAS NOT CONNECTED. THERE IS NO DAMAGE TO THE MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUTS OR TO THE EDGES OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS INDICATING THE GEAR COLLAPSED UPON THE SECOND TOUCH DOWN AS REPORTED BY THE PILOTS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N7348X (2)

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

- [Incident 20241125018419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241125018419I), Nov 25, 2024: Cessna R182 (N7348X), Llano, TX, Minor damage. Pilot had made several landings at llaano municipal airport and during final landing. When nose gear touched down, pilot heard grinding from landing gear.…
- [Incident 20020516017999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020516017999I), May 16, 2002: Cessna R182 (N7348X), Rchmond/Ashland, VA, Minor damage. (-23) 05/16/02, 1615 Local, pilot, Mr. Alfred d. dillard, was practicing touch and go landings at Hanover airport (ofp) VA. On the second landing Mr. Dillard…

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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