# Incident 20080214010829I: Cessna 182A, San Angelo, TX, February 14, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 2008, 23:34 local time
- Place: San Angelo, TX
- Airport: San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3577° N, 100.4963° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN ANGELO RGNL/MATHIS FLD (SJT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3577&lon=-100.4963&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6043B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6043B-2009-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 20 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080214010829I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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