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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182A · Concord, CA · July 14, 2018

Date
July 14, 2018 · 21:35 local
Place
Concord, CA
Airport
Buchanan Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5998B
Reported as
Cessna 182A
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,980 total1,200 in this make and model48 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On landing approach to ccr from bnk at approximately 2135 upon turning inbound to runway 19R pilot observed high intensity approach lights were on high. The high intensity lights caused the pilot to misjudge his altitude, he then impacted the meduim intensity approach light system. The stanchion impacted the aircraft left bottom fuselage just forward of the left wing strut, it then impacted the left landing gear adjacent to fuselage and wheel skirt, it then struck the leading edge of the right horizontal stabilizer. The aircraft landed without further damage, the left main tire wheel skirt had rotated underneath the tire, this caused the pilot to come to a stop at the intersection of 19R and 32R due to dragging the wheel skirt. Airport operations came out and assisted in the removal of the wheel skirt. The aircraft taxied to it?s hangar under its own power.

As the FAA filed it

ON LANDING APPROACH TO CCR FROM BNK AT APPROXIMATELY 2135 UPON TURNING INBOUND TO RUNWAY 19R PILOT OBSERVED HIGH INTENSITY APPROACH LIGHTS WERE ON HIGH. THE HIGH INTENSITY LIGHTS CAUSED THE PILOT TO MISJUDGE HIS ALTITUDE, HE THEN IMPACTED THE MEDUIM INTENSITY APPROACH LIGHT SYSTEM. THE STANCHION IMPACTED THE AIRCRAFT LEFT BOTTOM FUSELAGE JUST FORWARD OF THE LEFT WING STRUT, IT THEN IMPACTED THE LEFT LANDING GEAR ADJACENT TO FUSELAGE AND WHEEL SKIRT, IT THEN STRUCK THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER DAMAGE, THE LEFT MAIN TIRE WHEEL SKIRT HAD ROTATED UNDERNEATH THE TIRE, THIS CAUSED THE PILOT TO COME TO A STOP AT THE INTERSECTION OF 19R AND 32R DUE TO DRAGGING THE WHEEL SKIRT. AIRPORT OPERATIONS CAME OUT AND ASSISTED IN THE REMOVAL OF THE WHEEL SKIRT. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO IT?S HANGAR UNDER ITS OWN POWER.