# Incident 20041207031509I: Cessna 182A, Bridgeport, TX, December 7, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 2004, 16:30 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, TX
- Airport: Bridgeport Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1740° N, 97.8284° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRIDGEPORT MUNI (XBP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1740&lon=-97.8284&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6085B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6085B-2017-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 162 (registry code 060005E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-162) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041207031509I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 7, 2004 AT 1630 LOCAL CENTRAL TIME, A CESSNA 182A, N6085B, WAS DAMAGED AFTER AN ABORTED TAKEOFF FROM BRIDGEPORT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN BRIDGEPORT, TEXAS. THE AIRPLANE IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY GERALD KINMAN UNDER TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINALLY DEPARTED HICKS, AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE FLIGHT WAS DEPARTING BRIDGEPORT FOR THE RETURN TO HICKS. THE PILOT REPORTED DURING DEPARTURE TAKEOFF AT BETWEEN 50 AND 75 FEET THE ENGINE LOST POWER, RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING ON RUNWAY 17. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR PULLING THE SUPPORT BRACKET ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FIREWALL, AND DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER BLADE TIPS.

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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