# Incident 20210524006269I: Cessna TR182, San Bernardino, CA, May 24, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2021, 14:58 local time
- Place: San Bernardino, CA
- Airport: San Bernardino International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Location: 34.0954° N, 117.2349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN BERNARDINO INTL (SBD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0954&lon=-117.2349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6449T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6449T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TR182 (registry code 2072735, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,367 total, 30 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210524006269I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 14:58 LOCAL, CESSNA TR182 AIRCRAFT, FAA REGISTRATION N6449T, GOT COLLAPSED AND DAMAGED THE NOSE SECTION AND THE PROPELLER OF THE AIRPLANE. IT RESULTED THE AIRPLANE DISABLED.  THE FLIGHT WAS PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A STUDENT PILOT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHO WAS THE ACTING CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. THEY WERE PERFORMING THE TOUCH AND GO TRAINING FLIGHT UNDER PART 91 OPERATION. AFTER LANDING AND COMMENCING RE-TAKE OFF, THE STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TURN OFF THE CARBURETOR HEAT AS A NORMAL ROUTINE PROCEDURE BUT INSTEAD HE ACTIVATED THE GEAR POSITION SELECTOR TO UP POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT?S NOSE GEAR RETRACTED UP MADE NOSE SECTION OF THE AIRPLANE SUDDEN DROP RESULTED THE MULTIPLE PROP STRIKES UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO COMPLETE STOP. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED APPROXIMATELY 2,700 FEET DOWN FROM THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 6, WHICH HAS TOTAL LENGTH OF 10,000 FEET. BOTH PILOTS RECEIVED NO INJURIES AND NO OTHER PROPERTY DAMAGES REPORTED FROM THIS INCIDENT.

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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