# Incident 20121219028109I: Cessna R182, Charleston  Exe, SC, December 19, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2012, 12:00 local time
- Place: Charleston  Exe, SC
- Airport: Charleston Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: MOWS
- Location: 32.7010° N, 80.0032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLESTON EXEC (JZI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7010&lon=-80.0032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6006C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6006C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,078 total, 7 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121219028109I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CHARLESTON AFB AERO CLUB.  AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF AND WENT TO THE PRACTICE AREA OVER FOLLY BEACH SC.  AT APPROXIMATELY 0930 THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE PRACTING MANUEVERS AND DURING ONE MANUEVER THEY PUT THE GEAR DOWN AND NOTICED THAT THE GEAR DOWN LIGHT DID NOT COME ON AND THE GEAR WARNING HORN DID NOT GO OFF.  PILOT AND STUDENT CYCLED THE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE SAME RESULTS.  DUE TO THE LIGHT TRAFFIC, PILOT AND STUDENT DECIDED TO LAND AT CHARLESTON EXCUTIVE AIRPORT.  AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE RUNWAY THE PILOT INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT TO LOOK FOR THE SHADOW OF THE NOSE GEAR.  THE STUDENT STATED THAT IT APPEARED BY THE SHADOW THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN. THE PILOT CONTINUED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT HELD THE NOSE UP WITH THE ELEVATOR.  WHEN THE ELEVATOR LOST AUTHORITY THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN AND COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N6006C (1)

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

- [Incident 19910225005789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910225005789I), Feb 25, 1991: Cessna R182 (N6006C), Southport, NC, Minor damage. After landing the pilot accidently retracted the landing gear.

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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