# Incident 20171223024339I: Cessna TR182, Sidney, NE, December 23, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 2017, 11:08 local time
- Place: Sidney, NE
- Airport: Sidney Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1336° N, 102.9695° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sidney, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1336&lon=-102.9695&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6350T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6350T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TR182 (registry code 2072735, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,517 total, 1,041 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171223024339I

## Narrative

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

-VFR PILOT ENCOUNTERED NON-FORECASTED ICING AND LOW CEILING APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR INTO FLIGHT LEG.

-PILOT CONTACTED DENVER CENTER AND REQUESTED HELP TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT.

-PILOT WAS DIRECTED TO SIDNEY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (SNY).

-AIRCRAFT WAS ICED UP AND WINDSHIELD ALSO HAD LOW VISIBILITY DUE TO ICE.

-PILOT LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY WHEN POWER WAS REDUCED ON APPROACH.  PILOT REPORTED AIRCRAFT DROPPED ONCE POWER WAS REDUCED.

-PILOT REPORTED HITTING A THRESHOLD LIGHT WITH THE LEFT HAND MAIN GEAR LEG.

-PILOT ALSO REPORTED HITTING APPROXIMATELY 3 RUNWAY LIGHTS TRYING TO GET ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE.

-FBO MANAGER AT SNY REPORTED AIRPORT LIGHTING SYSTEM DAMAGE TO DENVER CENTER AND LINCOLN FSDO.

-A CERTIFICATED MECHANIC/DESIGNEE PERFORMED AN ASSESSMENT OF THE LANDING GEAR WITH SATISFACTORY RESULTS.

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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