# Incident 20061201028699I: Cessna 182P, Martinsville, VA, December 1, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 2006, 11:45 local time
- Place: Martinsville, VA
- Airport: Blue Ridge Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6315° N, 80.0200° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLUE RIDGE (MTV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6315&lon=-80.0200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91489, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91489) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 800 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061201028699I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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