# Incident 20170928016579I: Cessna R182, Prescott, AZ, September 28, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2017, 13:19 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Ernest A. Love Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: EHXS
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1724R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1724R) (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, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 658 total, 150 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170928016579I

## Narrative

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

INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT AT KPRC, INCLUDING CONDUCTING POWER OFF 180S, A LANDING MANEUVER THAT INVOLVES POWER IDLE FROM PATTERN ALTITUDE TO THE SPOT OF INTENDED LANDING. ON SHORT FINAL AN EXCESSIVE DECENT RATE WAS NOTICED AND POWER WAS REINTRODUCED TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND. INITIATION OF THE GO-AROUND WAS TOO LATE AND CREW WERE UNABLE TO PREVENT A HARD LANDING. AFTER THE INITIAL HARD LANDING THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO CLIMB AWAY FROM THE RUNWAY. THE HARD LANDING CAUSED CONCERN AND TROUBLESHOOTING MEASURES WERE EXERCISED. CREW THEN MADE A LOW APPROACH AND ASKED KPRC TOWER FOR A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE GEAR. TOWER ADVISED THE GEAR SEEMED TO BE DOWN AND LOCKED. THE CREW DECIDED TO COMPLETE A SOFT FIELD LANDING JUST IN CASE THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR. CREW COMPLETED THE LANDING AND HELD THE NOSE OFF THE RUNWAY FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE NOSE AND PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY. UPON NOSE GEAR TOUCHING DOWN, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING DAMAGE TO PROP, GEAR DOORS, LOWER COWL, AND GEAR TUNNEL. IT WAS ALSO OBSERVED THAT THE INITIAL HARD LANDING HAD NOT ONLY CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TIRE TO BURST BUT IT HAD ALSO BROKEN ALL FOUR MOUNTING LUGS OFF OF THE NOSE GEAR STRUT ACTUATOR ATTACH FITTING, CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE.

## Other reports on N1724R (2)

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

- [Incident 20141017019559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141017019559I), Oct 17, 2014: Cessna R182 (N1724R), Prescott, AZ, Minor damage. While conducting approach and landing procedures into Prescott airport, pilot initiated the down selector switch for the landing gear prior to entering base.…
- [Incident 20130723014079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130723014079I), Jul 23, 2013: Cessna R182 (N1724R), Prescott, AZ, Minor damage. At 6:20 a.m. on July 23rd, 2013, N1724R was performing touch and go's at Ernest A. Love Field in Prescott, AZ on runway 21L, when the nose gear collapsed. The…

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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