# Incident 20110522010589I: Cessna 182K, San Carlos, CA, May 22, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2011, 15:15 local time
- Place: San Carlos, CA
- Airport: San Carlos
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5119° N, 122.2495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN CARLOS (SQL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5119&lon=-122.2495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2535Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2535Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182K (registry code 2072724, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470-R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 803 total, 594 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110522010589I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 30 WHEN CAUGHT BY GUST OF WIND.  LEFT WING WENT HIGH, NOSE POINTED DOWN...APPEARED FROM TOWER THAT AIRCRAFT PROPELLER IMPACTED THE GROUND, PILOT APPLIED POWER TO RECOVER AND STABLIZED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND EXITED THE RUNWAY.  PILOT REQUESTED TAXI TO AIRCRAFT PARKING.  AIRPORT OPERATIONS WAS DISPATCHED TO MEET AIRCRAFT AT PARKING SPOT TO DETERMINE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE.  OPERATIONS REPORTED TO TOWER EVIDENCE OF PROPELLER GROUND STRIKE.

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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