20061201028699I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182P · Martinsville, VA · December 1, 2006

Date: December 1, 2006 · 11:45 local
Place: Martinsville, VA
Airport: Blue Ridge Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N91489
Reported as: Cessna 182P
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,200 total800 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

N91489Registered now · Cessna 182PS/N 18262008 · Built 1973 Airframe modelCessna 182P Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot privacy data omitted had a hard landing of N91489 a Cessna 182-P at Martinsville airport mtv in Martinsville, VA on December 1, 2006. Local time of 11:45 am. The nose wheel steering was found to be inoperative on rollout. Pilot had aircraft towed off of the runway and placed in a hangar. FAA inspection revealed that the lower nose gear attach castings left and right were broken. The upper attach bracket had sheared rivets. Upper bolts on castings held the gear in place and prevented the nose gear collapse. Aircraft was on an IFR flight plan. A review of aircraft maintenance records found no compliance with title 14 CFR 91.411 altimeter system and altitude reporting equipment tests and inspections, and 91.413 ATC transponder tests and inspections within the last twenty four calendar months. The airplane was also not in compliance with the required airworthiness directives AD since 2003.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD A HARD LANDING OF N91489 A CESSNA 182-P AT MARTINSVILLE AIRPORT MTV IN MARTINSVILLE, VA ON DECEMBER 1, 2006. LOCAL TIME OF 11:45 AM. THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING WAS FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE ON ROLLOUT. PILOT HAD AIRCRAFT TOWED OFF OF THE RUNWAY AND PLACED IN A HANGAR. FAA INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE LOWER NOSE GEAR ATTACH CASTINGS LEFT AND RIGHT WERE BROKEN. THE UPPER ATTACH BRACKET HAD SHEARED RIVETS. UPPER BOLTS ON CASTINGS HELD THE GEAR IN PLACE AND PREVENTED THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE. AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. A REVIEW OF AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS FOUND NO COMPLIANCE WITH TITLE 14 CFR 91.411 ALTIMETER SYSTEM AND ALTITUDE REPORTING EQUIPMENT TESTS AND INSPECTIONS, AND 91.413 ATC TRANSPONDER TESTS AND INSPECTIONS WITHIN THE LAST TWENTY FOUR CALENDAR MONTHS. THE AIRPLANE WAS ALSO NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIRED AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES AD SINCE 2003.