# Incident 20051027026209I: Cessna R182, Fitchburg, MA, October 27, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2005, 09:00 local time
- Place: Fitchburg, MA
- Airport: Fitchburg Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Simulated Forced Landing/Tkof
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5538° N, 71.7592° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FITCHBURG MUNI (FIT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5538&lon=-71.7592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6287T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6287T) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 640 total, 139 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051027026209I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE PERFORMING AN ANNUAL STANDARDIZATION FLIGHT CHECK FOR THE CIVIL AIR PATROL, THE (PIC) PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ EXECUTED A SHORT FIELD OBSTACLE TAKEOFF (TO) PER THE REQUEST OF THE CHECK PILOT (CP) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ APPROXIMATELY 2000 FT DOWN THE RUNWAY AND 100-AGL THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED. THE CHECK PILOT (CP) PULLED THE POWER BACK TO IDLE TO SIMULATE AN ENGINE FAILURE. THE LANDING GEAR WAS IMMEDIATELY EXTENDED. DESCENT DOWN TO RUNWAY COMMENCED AND POWER WAS ADDED AND NOSE PITCH WAS DECREASED AT THE REQUEST OF (CP). BOTH THE PIC AND CP VERBALLY CONFIRMED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON THE MAIN WHEELS, THEN MOVED TOWARD THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY STRIKING A RUNWAY SIDELIGHT. THE PIC DISTINCTIVELY REMEMBERS BEING CONSCIOUS OF KEEPING ELEVATOR BACK PRESSURE SO AS TO AVOID PROP STRIKE TO GROUND AND/OR STRESS TO THE NOSE GEAR. THE CHECK PILOT (CP) TOOK THE CONTROLS AND SITUATED AIRCRAFT BACK TO CENTERLINE WHILE AIRCRAFT SLOWED TO A TAXI ROLLOUT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED TO THE RAMP;INSPECTION REVEALED 2 SMALL PUNCTURE HOLES IN THE LEADING EDGE AND LOWER SKIN PUNCTURE ON THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABI    LIZER.

## Other reports on N6287T (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20260526007509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260526007509A), May 26, 2026: Cessna R182 (N6287T), Fitchburg, MA, Substantial damage. On 26 may 2026, at 1335 p.m. EDT, the bradley FSDO received notice regarding a Cessna R182 landed on runway 32 and experienced a nose gear collapse. 3 persons…
- [Accident 20060121001079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060121001079A), Jan 21, 2006: Cessna R182 (N6287T), Bedford, MA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot had hard landing which was reported to the FAA on 1/30/06 when the full extend of damage was discovered. Pilot had hard landing damaging the nose…
- [Incident 19870520034849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870520034849I), May 20, 1987: Cessna R182 (N6287T), Lancaster, PA, Minor damage. Unable to get a safe indication of gear. Nose gear collapsed on rollout. Downlock pin on actuator was broken.

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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