# Incident 20170405003629I: Cessna R182, Stuart, FL, April 5, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2017, 15:43 local time
- Place: Stuart, FL
- Airport: Witham Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.1817° N, 80.2213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WITHAM FLD (SUA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1817&lon=-80.2213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9ML, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9ML) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 2,670 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170405003629I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 5TH 2017, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WITHAM FIELD (SUA) TO FORT PIECE (FPR).

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SUA AND PREPARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 12.  PILOT WAS OCCUPIED WITH THE GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS AND WAS FOCUSED AND PREOCCUPIED WITH THE AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTATION.

PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS UNCERTAIN IF HE HAD LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE UNDER CARRIAGE.  THE PROPELLER WAS  BENT ON IMPACT AS A RESULT THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN STOPPAGE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON RUNWAY 12.

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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