# Incident 20070720016219I: Cessna 182, Fort Smith, AR, July 20, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2007, 22:00 local time
- Place: Fort Smith, AR
- Airport: Fort Smith Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3366° N, 94.3661° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT SMITH RGNL (FSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3366&lon=-94.3661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5542B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5542B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 500 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/20070720016219I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 7/20/2007 AIRCRAFT N5542B, A CESSNA 182 DEPARTED CHANGLER, AZ (CHD) WITH A DESTINATION OF RUSSELLVILLE, KY (4M7). APPROXIMATELY 10PM A FINAL APPROACH WAS MADE FOR FORTH SMITH, AR (FSM) AIRPORT FOR A FUEL STOP BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE ENGINE RPM DROPPED AND THE NOSE WHEEL CAME DOWN AND HIT THE LIP OF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. UPON GROUNDING THE ENGINE REGAINED RPM TO AN IDLE SPEED. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE OCCURRED AS THE NOSE STRUT ATTACHMENT TO THE FIREWALL BROKE AND THE STRUT WAS FURTHER DAMAGED. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND WAS NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N5542B (2)

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

- [Incident 20160828024839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160828024839I), Aug 28, 2016: Cessna 182 (N5542B), Maricopa, AZ, No damage, 1 fatal. On August 28, 2016, a sky diving student of phoenix skydive, was fatally injured in a sky diving incident. The investigation found that the operation of the…
- [Incident 20130801014379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130801014379I), Aug 1, 2013: Cessna 182 (N5542B), Maricopa, AZ, Minor damage. On 08/01/2013 at 1022 PDT, near Maricopa, AZ at airport E68, pilot reported complete engine failure at 8000FT of N5542B, Cessna 182, during a parachute drop…

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