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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna R182 · Huntsville, AL · September 2, 2020

Date
September 2, 2020 · 16:09 local
Place
Huntsville, AL
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3696C
Reported as
Cessna R182
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
200 total

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.

The aircraft was conducting touch and go practice landings. During the rollout, following the second landing, the nose gear collapsed into the wheel well. The nose of the aircraft skidded on the runway causing damage to the nose gear doors, nose gear wheel well structure, exhaust system and the propeller.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO PRACTICE LANDINGS. DURING THE ROLLOUT, FOLLOWING THE SECOND LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED INTO THE WHEEL WELL. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON THE RUNWAY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS, NOSE GEAR WHEEL WELL STRUCTURE, EXHAUST SYSTEM AND THE PROPELLER.