# Incident 20050820031059I: Cessna 182A, Orient, OH, August 20, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2005
- Place: Orient, OH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8067° N, 83.1518° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orient, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8067&lon=-83.1518&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3917D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3917D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 6 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050820031059I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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