# Incident 20081031857389I: Cessna R182, Deland, FL, October 31, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2008, 13:45 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Airport: Deland Municipal-Sidney H Taylor Fi
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0670° N, 81.2838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DELAND MUNI-SIDNEY H TAYLOR FLD (DED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0670&lon=-81.2838&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9069C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9069C-2018-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,620 total, 60 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081031857389I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  PILOT STATED GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCK, GREEN GEAR INDICATION LIGHT WAS ON, AFTER TOUCH DOWN THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT JUST CONTINUED TO GO DOWN, PROPELLER BLADES HIT RUNWAY AND THEN SKIDDED TO A HALT.  WITNESS STATED, "THE AIRPLANE WAS COMING IN ON FINAL HIGH.  AS IT GOT CLOSER TO THE RUNWAY IT STARTED GETTING SLOWER, ABOUT 10 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY IT JUST FELL.  THE LANDING GEAR COULDN'T TAKE THE FORCE OF THE LANDING SO IT GAVE WAY THEN THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED."  UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR DOWN LOCK ASSEMBLY AFT GEAR ATTACH POINT AND FWD ATTACH BOLT SHEARED OFF FROM ONE END, DUE TO EXCESSIVE FORCE UPON LANDING.

## Other reports on N9069C (1)

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

- [Incident 20020321005809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020321005809I), Mar 21, 2002: Cessna 182R (N9069C), College Station, TX, Minor damage. (-23) Inadvertent gear-up landing. Both persons on board the aircraft say that the pilot-in-command (Mr. Allen) was flying the aircraft in closed traffic…

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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