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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182A · Orient, OH · August 20, 2005

Date: August 20, 2005
Place: Orient, OH
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3917D
Reported as: Cessna 182A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 260 total6 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

N3917DRegistered now · Cessna 182AS/N 34617 · Built 1957 Airframe modelCessna 182A Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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) After dropping off the skydivers, the aircraft returned to west mar aero for landing. As the aircraft approached the airport a strong cold front caused the winds to pick up with a 45-degree crosswind. The aircraft landed hard on the gears and bounced, coming back down on the mains and then bouncing again. This time it came down on the nose gear causing it to collapse and separate from the airframe. The pilot was the only person on board and had no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER DROPPING OFF THE SKYDIVERS, THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO WEST MAR AERO FOR LANDING. AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE AIRPORT A STRONG COLD FRONT CAUSED THE WINDS TO PICK UP WITH A 45-DEGREE CROSSWIND. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD ON THE GEARS AND BOUNCED, COMING BACK DOWN ON THE MAINS AND THEN BOUNCING AGAIN. THIS TIME IT CAME DOWN ON THE NOSE GEAR CAUSING IT TO COLLAPSE AND SEPARATE FROM THE AIRFRAME. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD AND HAD NO INJURIES.