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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182A · San Angelo, TX · February 14, 2008

Date
February 14, 2008 · 23:34 local
Place
San Angelo, TX
Airport
San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6043B
Reported as
Cessna 182A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
110 total20 in this make and model17 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) During taxi for take-off the aircraft experienced nose wheel shimmy that resulted in failure of the nose gear support casting. The nose gear folded under the aircraft causing the propeller to strike the surface. Minor damage occurred to the cowling and fuselage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING TAXI FOR TAKE-OFF THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY THAT RESULTED IN FAILURE OF THE NOSE GEAR SUPPORT CASTING. THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED UNDER THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE SURFACE. MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE COWLING AND FUSELAGE.