# Incident 20130515009049I: Cessna R182, Fort Worth, TX, May 15, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2013, 10:37 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Alliance
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N983VB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N983VB) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 350 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130515009049I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 15, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 1037, CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT), A CESSNA R182, N983VP, OWNED BY 2B AVIATION INC, AND OPERATED BY MARCAIR, INC., WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, FOLLOWING A TOUCH-N-GO OPERATION, RESULTING IN A NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE.  THE PILOT FLYING STATED THAT HE MAY HAVE INADVERTENTLY HIT THE LANDING GEAR KNOB AS HIS HAND LEFT THE THROTTLE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A 14 CFR PART 61 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL (VMC) CONDITIONS PRVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND ENGINE COWLING.  THE OCCUPANTS SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE PILOT FLYING HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE PILOT INSTRUCTING HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE AS WELL AS A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE.  THE 14 CFR PART 61 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT NORTHWEST REGIONAL AIRPORT (K52F), ROANOKE, TX, ON MAY 15, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 0930 CDT.

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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