# Incident 20121102023789I: Cessna R182, Denton, TX, November 2, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 2012, 15:00 local time
- Place: Denton, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: U9FS
- Location: 33.2148° N, 97.1331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2148&lon=-97.1331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9031C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9031C-2018-10-23) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,090 total, 20 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/20121102023789I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 2, 2012, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:00 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 182RG AIRCRAFT, N9031C, RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER DURING THE LANDING PHASE OF FLIGHT AT THE DENTON COUNTY AIRPORT LOCATED NEAR DENTON, TEXAS. NEITHER THE INSTRUCTING PILOT, NOR THE  PILOT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION WERE INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, BELLY SKINS AND ANTENNAS AS WOULD BE EXPECTED IN A GEAR UP LANDING. THE PILOTS REPORTED THAT DURING THE LANDING PHASE, WIND SHEER WAS ENCOUNTERED RESULTING IN AN UNUSUAL ATTITUDE NECESSITATING A GO AROUND. AFTER ANOTHER APPROACH, A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXITED. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THE PILOT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION NOTED THE PROPELLER DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY US AVIATION GROUP AS A 14 CFR PART 141 TRAINING FLIGHT WHICH  ORIGINATED FROM DENTON COUNTY AIRPORT ON LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT SHORTLY BEFORE THE INCIDENT. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTING PATTERN WORK AT DENTON COUNTY AIRPORT WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.BOTH THE PROPERLY RATED INSTRUCTING PILOT AND THE PILOT BEING EVALUATED FOR A COMPLEX ENDORSEMENT PROVIDED A STATEMENT REGARDING THE INCIDENT TO THE CHIEF FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR FOR US AVIATION GROUP. BOTH PILOTS CLAIMED THAT THE PROPELLER DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY WIND SHEER AND AN ABNORMAL LANDING ATTITUDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.ON NOVEMBER 8, 2012, THE PILOT WHO WAS RECEIVING INSTRUCTION APPROACHED THE CHIEF FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR FOR US AVIATION GROUP AND REQUESTED TO AMEND HIS STATEMENT. THE AMENDMENT TO HIS STATEMENT INVOLVED THE ADDITION THAT THE LANDING GEAR REMAINED IN THE UP POSITION THRU OUT THE INCIDENT SEQUENCE.

## Other reports on N9031C (2)

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

- [Incident 20140116000679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140116000679I), Jan 16, 2014: Cessna R182 (N9031C), Denton, TX, Minor damage. On January 16, 2014, at approximately 2100 central daylight time, a Cessna 182RG, N9031C, performed a gear-up landing at Denton municipal airport (dto). The…
- [Incident 20040312015879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040312015879I), Mar 12, 2004: Cessna R182 (N9031C), Houston, TX, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot failed to extend the landing gear and landed gear up on runway 9 at axh. [privacy data omitted]

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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