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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna TR182 · Rice Lake, WI · May 25, 2004

Date: May 25, 2004 · 10:45 local
Place: Rice Lake, WI
Airport: Rice Lake Rco
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N737FS
Reported as: Cessna TR182
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,363 total1,958 in this make and model21 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) During landing the aircraft tracked straight on the main gear until the nose gear touched down at which time aircraft veered sharply to the left. Pilot applied maximum right brake which introduced a skid of the right wheel however the aircraft continued to track sharply to the left and continued into an adjacent field where the nose fork broke off when it made contact with the soft dirt in the plowed field.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING LANDING THE AIRCRAFT TRACKED STRAIGHT ON THE MAIN GEAR UNTIL THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN AT WHICH TIME AIRCRAFT VEERED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT. PILOT APPLIED MAXIMUM RIGHT BRAKE WHICH INTRODUCED A SKID OF THE RIGHT WHEEL HOWEVER THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TRACK SHARPLY TO THE LEFT AND CONTINUED INTO AN ADJACENT FIELD WHERE THE NOSE FORK BROKE OFF WHEN IT MADE CONTACT WITH THE SOFT DIRT IN THE PLOWED FIELD.