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FAA accident report · Cessna R182 · Bullhead City, AZ · February 3, 2006

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Date
February 3, 2006 · 17:37 local
Place
Bullhead City, AZ
Airport
Laughlin/Bullhead Internation
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N88AA
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX06LA101
Reported as
Cessna R182
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
79 total5 in this make and model48 in the last 90 days

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) On February 3, 2006, at approximately 1737 MST, N88AA, a Cessna 182-R182, with privacy data omitted performing as pilot-in-command, experienced a nose gear collapse after landing on runway 34 at Bullhead international airport (ifp). The pilot privacy data omitted stated that the landing on runway 34 was normal and that after the aircraft cleared the runway and was on taxiway delta, the nose gear suddenly collapsed. Statements from ATC personnel in the tower support that there wasn't anything unusual about this landing. Inspection of the aircraft revealed that the rivets that attach the bracket at the aft end of the nose gear hydraulic actuator failed due to structural overload. The specific cause for the structural overload is not known. The smear pattern on the rivets was from aft to forward indicating the rivets failed when this bracket was pulled forward. This is the normal direction of travel fro gear retraction. There was no evidence to support that this damage was caused by a hard landing. The aircraft sustained substantial damage to the nose gear assembly, nose gear doors and fire wall structure. There were no injuries to the sole occupant.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 3, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 1737 MST, N88AA, A CESSNA 182-R182, WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PERFORMING AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND, EXPERIENCED A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 34 AT BULLHEAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (IFP). THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ STATED THAT THE LANDING ON RUNWAY 34 WAS NORMAL AND THAT AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CLEARED THE RUNWAY AND WAS ON TAXIWAY DELTA, THE NOSE GEAR SUDDENLY COLLAPSED. STATEMENTS FROM ATC PERSONNEL IN THE TOWER SUPPORT THAT THERE WASN'T ANYTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THIS LANDING. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE RIVETS THAT ATTACH THE BRACKET AT THE AFT END OF THE NOSE GEAR HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR FAILED DUE TO STRUCTURAL OVERLOAD. THE SPECIFIC CAUSE FOR THE STRUCTURAL OVERLOAD IS NOT KNOWN. THE SMEAR PATTERN ON THE RIVETS WAS FROM AFT TO FORWARD INDICATING THE RIVETS FAILED WHEN THIS BRACKET WAS PULLED FORWARD. THIS IS THE NORMAL DIRECTION OF TRAVEL FRO GEAR RETRACTION. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THAT THIS DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY A HARD LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY, NOSE GEAR DOORS AND FIRE WALL STRUCTURE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE SOLE OCCUPANT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB LAX06LA101Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBullhead City, AZoverload of the nose landing gear actuator attach bracket resulting in collapse of the nose gear while taxiing. It is undetermined when and under what circumstances the overload occurred.Feb 3, 2006 · Substantial damage