# Incident 20040831020669I: Cessna R182, Yuma, AZ, August 31, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2004, 20:17 local time
- Place: Yuma, AZ
- Airport: Yuma Mcas - Yuma International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6559° N, 114.6064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at YUMA MCAS/YUMA INTL (NYL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6559&lon=-114.6064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1786R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1786R) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 175 in this make and model, 400 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040831020669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT SHE WAS ENROUTE FROM MONTGOMERY FIELD SAN DIEGO, DIRECT TO YUMA AZ. THE PILOT STATED THAT SHE WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 17 AND THERE WAS A SLIGHT CROSSWIND OF APPROXIMATELY 7 KTS. THE PILOT STATED THAT SHE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND OBSERVED A GREEN LIGHT (GEAR SAFE) AND OBSERVED THE NOSE GEAR EXTENDED USING A WING MOUNTED MIRROR. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS OPERATING NORMALLY AND SHE DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY REGARDING AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS. THE PILOT STATED THAT SHE CONSIDERED THE LANDING NORMAL, WITH A SLIGHT BOUNCE, AGAIN LANDING MAIN GEAR FIRST. THE PILOT SAID THAT SHE DID NOT PORPOISE THE AIRCRAFT OR HAVE A HARD LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THAT SHE DID NOT LAND ON THE NOSEWHEEL OR WHEELBARROW THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER TOUCHING DOWN ON THE MAIN GEAR AND THEN LOWERING THE NOSE, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND. THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY (SUN WESTERN AVIATION) WHO RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY WAW WAITING FOR PERMISSION FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER AND AFFECT REPAIRS. NO APPARENT CAUSE FOR THE GEAR COLLAPSE COULD BE DETERMINED AT THIS TIME.

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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