# Incident 20120421005709I: Cessna 182P, Grand Island, NE, April 21, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2012, 17:30 local time
- Place: Grand Island, NE
- Airport: Central Nebraska Regional Airp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9675° N, 98.3096° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTRAL NEBRASKA RGNL (GRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9675&lon=-98.3096&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84466, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84466) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 80 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120421005709I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED LNK DIRECT GRI, WITH GRI ATIS REPORTING WINDS AT 330 APPROXIMATELY 18, GUSTING TO 29. FINAL APPROACH WAS MADE TO RUNWAY 35 WITH FULL FLAPS. CLOSE TO TOUCH DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT RIGHT, WHILE TOUCHING DOWN ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. AT THIS TIME, A WIND GUST PICKED UP THE LEFT WING, CAUSING THE NOSE TO DIP, CAUSING THE PROPELLER BLADES TO CONTACT THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO ALL THREE LANDING GEAR, AND AIRCRAFT TAXIED OFF RUNWAY. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER TIPS WAS OBSERVED AND CONSISTENT TO THE PILOT REPORT. NO OTHER DAMAGE REPORTED OR OBSERVED.

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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