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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna R182 · Concord, CA · February 19, 2008

Date: February 19, 2008 · 16:30 local
Place: Concord, CA
Airport: Buchanan Field
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7561X
Reported as: Cessna R182
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,603 total160 in this make and model32 in the last 90 days

N7561XRegistered now · Cessna R182S/N R18200101 · Built 1977 Airframe modelCessna R182 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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) Pilot prepared for landing and observed the amber "gear unsafe" light was extinguished and the green "gear down" light was illuminated, visually, using the mirror under the right-hand wing to view the right main gear and nose gear, and sighting the left main gear through the left side window, and audibly, by listening for and hearing the gear lock "thunks." The landing was slightly firm and the airplane ran on the main gear before the nose gear lowered to the runway. After the nose gear was on the ground, pilot applied the brakes. Then the nose began to collapse to the ground, and the airplane skidded to a stop on the lower cowling and main gear. Aircraft has had previous nose landing gear repairs in the past two years and serviced on three occasions.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT PREPARED FOR LANDING AND OBSERVED THE AMBER "GEAR UNSAFE" LIGHT WAS EXTINGUISHED AND THE GREEN "GEAR DOWN" LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED, VISUALLY, USING THE MIRROR UNDER THE RIGHT-HAND WING TO VIEW THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND NOSE GEAR, AND SIGHTING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR THROUGH THE LEFT SIDE WINDOW, AND AUDIBLY, BY LISTENING FOR AND HEARING THE GEAR LOCK "THUNKS." THE LANDING WAS SLIGHTLY FIRM AND THE AIRPLANE RAN ON THE MAIN GEAR BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR LOWERED TO THE RUNWAY. AFTER THE NOSE GEAR WAS ON THE GROUND, PILOT APPLIED THE BRAKES. THEN THE NOSE BEGAN TO COLLAPSE TO THE GROUND, AND THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED TO A STOP ON THE LOWER COWLING AND MAIN GEAR. AIRCRAFT HAS HAD PREVIOUS NOSE LANDING GEAR REPAIRS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS AND SERVICED ON THREE OCCASIONS.