# Incident 20160412004959I: Cessna 182R, Taos, NM, April 12, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 2016, 09:55 local time
- Place: Taos, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3871° N, 105.5808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Taos, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3871&lon=-105.5808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9472E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9472E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182R (registry code 2072731, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160412004959I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 12, 2016, AT 0955 MDT, A CESSNA 182R, N9472E, REGISTERED TO CIVIL AIR PATROL (CAP), INC., BLEW A TIRE ON LANDING AT TAOS REGIONAL AIRPORT (KSKX), TAOS, NEW MEXICO, WHILE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGED, AND THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND OTHER CREW MEMBER WHO WAS NOT A PILOT (SCANNER) WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT KSKX, ON APRIL 12, 2016, AT 900 MDT.

THE PILOT WAS CONDUCTING HIS FOURTH CIRCUIT AROUND THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND ON THE UPWIND LEG EXPERIENCE A FLIGHT CONTROL MAILFUNCTION.  HE NOTICED A STRONG NOSE UP PITCH TENDENCY AND LIMITED FORE AND AFT YOKE MOVEMENT.  THE PILOT STABILIZED AIRCRAFT CONTROL WITH A REDUCTION OF POWER AND THEN WAS ABLE TO HAVE MORE AFT YOKE MOVEMENT AFTER APPLYING ENOUGH BACK PRESSURE THAT RESULTED IN A SNAPPING AND POPPING SOUND.  THE PILOT COMPLETED THE PATTERN TO RUNWAY 22 AND ACCORDING TO THE AIRPORT MANAGER UPON LANDING THE LEFT TIRE APPEARED TO HAVE CONTACTED THE RUNWAY WITH THE BRAKES LOCKED.  THE SKID MARKS BEGAN 1,873 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY 22 THRESHOLD LIGHTS. THE LEFT MAIN TIRE SKID MARKS CONTINUE FOR 635 FEET. THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE APPEARED TO HAVE CONTACTED THE RUNWAY WITH THE BRAKES LOCKED 1,969 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY 22 THRESHOLD LIGHTS AND CONTINUED FOR 539 FEET.  THE LEFT MAIN TIRE BLEW ON LANDING AND THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE HAD A FLAT SPOT.

## Other reports on N9472E (2)

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

- [Incident 20010425010709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010425010709I), Apr 25, 2001: Cessna 182R (N9472E), Carlsbad, NM. (-23)On 04-25-01, at approximately 1030 MDT, N9472E, a Cessna CE-182-R, departed alamogordo, NM enroute to Carlsbad, NM on a civil airpatrol mission.…
- [Incident 20000802028479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000802028479I), Aug 2, 2000: Cessna 182R (N9472E), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. (-23)On aug 2, 2000, approximately 1550 hrs mot, a Cessna ce 182-R, N9472E piloted by[privacy data omitted], was damaged on landing at the Albuquerque int'l…

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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