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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna R182 · Kenosha, WI · October 30, 2008

Date: October 30, 2008 · 13:15 local
Place: Kenosha, WI
Airport: Kenosha Regional
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N41748
Reported as: Cessna R182
Reported engine: Lycoming O540*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 396 total65 in this make and model99 in the last 90 days

N41748Registration cancelled Dec 12, 2013 · Cessna R182S/N R18200350 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna R182 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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) The instructor and student of N41748 attempted to extend the landing gear during a maneuver, but only received two out of three gear down and locked indicators with the nose indication unsafe. The aircraft returned to the Kenosha airport and made several low passes past the tower hoping the tower would confirm the nose gear is down. The tower controller could not confirm the status of the gear and the aircraft departed to the southwest to continue trouble shooting. Maneuvers failed to correct the gear not locked indication and the aircraft returned to Kenosha airport and landed with the two main gears indicating down and locked while the nose gear indicated unsafe. After touch down, the aircraft was slowed to approximately five knots when the nose gear collapsed. The crew exited the aircraft without injury.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT OF N41748 ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR DURING A MANEUVER, BUT ONLY RECEIVED TWO OUT OF THREE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATORS WITH THE NOSE INDICATION UNSAFE. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE KENOSHA AIRPORT AND MADE SEVERAL LOW PASSES PAST THE TOWER HOPING THE TOWER WOULD CONFIRM THE NOSE GEAR IS DOWN. THE TOWER CONTROLLER COULD NOT CONFIRM THE STATUS OF THE GEAR AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED TO THE SOUTHWEST TO CONTINUE TROUBLE SHOOTING. MANEUVERS FAILED TO CORRECT THE GEAR NOT LOCKED INDICATION AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO KENOSHA AIRPORT AND LANDED WITH THE TWO MAIN GEARS INDICATING DOWN AND LOCKED WHILE THE NOSE GEAR INDICATED UNSAFE. AFTER TOUCH DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY FIVE KNOTS WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE CREW EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.