# Accident 20060203004059A: Cessna R182, Bullhead City, AZ, February 3, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 2006, 17:37 local time
- Place: Bullhead City, AZ
- Airport: Laughlin/Bullhead Internation
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1500° N, 114.5500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1500&lon=-114.5500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88AA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 79 total, 5 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060203004059A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX06LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA101), Feb 3, 2006: Cessna R182 (N88AA), Bullhead City, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: overload 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.

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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