# Accident 20170617008439A: Cessna 182A, Buffalo, OK, June 17, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2017, 09:51 local time
- Place: Buffalo, OK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8475° N, 99.4575° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8475&lon=-99.4575&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6196B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6196B-2018-02-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 318 total, 12 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA235) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170617008439A

## Narrative

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

N6196B, SINGLE ENGINE, C182, FIXED TRICYCLE GEAR AIRCRAFT, NOSE GEAR FAILED ON LANDING ROLLOUT. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS FLYING FROM THE LEFT SEAT AND HAD NORMAL LANDING ON THE GRASS STRIP AT THE PRIVATE AIRPORT. THE PILOT STATED THE LANDING WAS NOT HARD AND WAS UNEVENTFUL. ON LANDING ROLLOUT, THE PILOT STATES WITHIN SECONDS THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED ON ITS BACK AND GAVE NO PREVIOUS CONTROL WARNINGS. ON POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION THE AIRCRAFT NOSE TIRE WAS FOUND DISLOCATED FROM THE STRUT AND THE TUBE-AXLE BOLTS ON BOTH SIDES WERE NOT LOCATED AT THE ACCIDENT SITE. AIRWORTHINESS PERSONELL WAS ON SITE WITH OPERATIONS PERSONEL AND INSPECTED THE MAINTENANCE LOGBOOKS. NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. THE LAST MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON THE NOSE GEAR WAS DURING THE ANNUAL ON 4/18/2017 WITH APPROXIMATELY 20 HOURS FLOWN SINCE THE ANNUAL. THE CAUSE OF NOSE GEAR SEPARTATION FROM THE AIRCRAFT CANNOT BE DETERMINED AT THE DATE OF THIS SUBMITTAL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN17LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA235), Jun 17, 2017: Cessna 182A (N6196B), Buffalo, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The separation of the nose wheel axle bolt and the nose wheel during the landing roll for reasons that could not be determined because the bolt was not recovered.

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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