# Incident 20171126022079I: Cessna R182, Fort, TX, November 26, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 2017, 15:41 local time
- Place: Fort, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Meacham Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8198° N, 97.3624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL (FTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8198&lon=-97.3624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N756AU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N756AU-2021-10-04) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 242 total, 17 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171126022079I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 26, 2017 AT 1541 CST, A CESSNA R182, N756AU, S/N R18201025 OWNED BY METROPLEX FLIGHT SERVICES LLC, 6812 FALLBROOK CT., COLLEYVILLE, TX, 76034, HAD AN INCIDENT WHILE LANDING RWY. 16 AT FORT WORTH MEACHAM AIRPORT (FTW). ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BOUNCED TWICE, ATTEMPTED TO ADD POWER, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE, BEFORE IMPACTING THE RUNWAY.  THE IMPACT BLEW THE NOSE TIRE, BROKE THE WHEEL HALF, BROKE THE NOSE GEAR FORK, DESTROYING THEE WHEEL BEARINGS, SEVERELY BENDING THE PROPELLER BY ADDING THE INCREASED POWER, AND SKIDDING DOWN THE RUNWAY, GRINDING OFF THE NOSE GEAR FORK ASSEMBLY TO THE ATTACH BOLT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AND THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND A PASSENGER RECEIVED NO INJURIES.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HOLDS A COMMERCIAL, INSTRUMENT, AIRPLANE SINGLE AND MULTIENGINE LAND AIRPLANE RATING. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FORT WORTH MEACHAM AIRPORT (FTW), ON NOVEMBER 26, 2017 AT 1247 CST.

## Other reports on N756AU (2)

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

- [Incident 20200916021839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200916021839I), Sep 16, 2020: Cessna R182 (N756AU), Fort Worth, TX, Minor damage. On September 16, 2020 a Cessna 182 suffered minor damage due to a nose gear collapse during rollout following landing runway 34 at Meachum Fort Worth, TX. Two…
- [Accident 19850827041579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850827041579A), Aug 27, 1985: Cessna R182 (N756AU), Mountain Home, AR, Substantial damage. Nose wheel separated on initial impact with rough sod runway. Aircraft flipped over when strut dug into ground.

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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