# Incident 20120110000689I: Cessna R182, Waukesha, WI, January 10, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2012, 14:55 local time
- Place: Waukesha, WI
- Airport: Waukesha
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0410° N, 88.2371° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WAUKESHA COUNTY (UES), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0410&lon=-88.2371&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738WK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N738WK) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,064 total, 50 in this make and model, 217 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120110000689I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT FAILED TO GET A POSITIVE NOSE GEAR INDICATION IN PREPARATION FOR LANDING.  INSTRUCTOR PILOT, (CFI), PERFORMED TWO GO AROUNDS, EACH TIME RECEIVING AN INTERMITTENT NOSE GEAR INDICATION.  TOWER STATED GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN.  UPON LANDING ROLLOUT, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING SUDDEN STOPPAGE TO ENGINE.  EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENTION CHECKLIST WAS FOLLOWED AND ACCOMPLISHED.

## Other reports on N738WK (2)

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

- [Accident 19990516047249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990516047249A), May 16, 1999: Cessna R182 (N738WK), St Louis, MO, Substantial damage. (.4) The pilot stated he was landing on runway 08L with a crosswind which varied from 170 to 210 degrees, at 10 to 15 knots. The airplane bounced on touchdown…
- [Incident 19910531029299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910531029299I), May 31, 1991: Cessna R182 (N738WK), Annapolis, MD, Minor damage. Pilot landed downwind on inactive runway. Used brakes but ran off end of runway into chain link fence.

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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