# Accident 20220904015549A: Cessna 182N, Blairstown, NJ, September 4, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2022, 14:00 local time
- Place: Blairstown, NJ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9709° N, 74.9967° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9709&lon=-74.9967&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8942G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8942G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182N (registry code 2072730, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 755 total, 80 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA409](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA409) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220904015549A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTING GLIDER TOW OPERATIONS. PILOT LANDED RUNWAY 7 UNEVENTFULLY. PILOT TAXIED OFF SOUTH SIDE OF RUNWAY ONTO TURF, TAXING PARALLEL TO RUNWAY TO PICK UP NEXT GLIDER TOW IN GLIDER STAGING AREA SOUTH OF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 25. PILOT STATES THAT THERE WAS A GLIDER PARKED CLOSE TO THE NORMAL TAXI LANE, AND HE CROSSED THE PAVED PERPENDICULAR TAXIWAY ABOUT 20 FEET TO THE LEFT OF HIS NORMAL TRACK TO AVOID IT. THE TRANSITION FROM TURF TO PAVEMENT AT THIS POINT IS NOT FLAT, AND THE ABRUPT SURFACE CHANGE IS NOT OBVIOUS VISUALLY. THE NOSE WHEEL ENCOUNTERED THE PAVEMENT LIP MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES.  THE FORCE OF THE NOSE WHEEL IMPACTING THE PAVEMENT LIP AT NORMAL TAXI SPEED CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR FORK TO FAIL AFT IN OVERLOAD. THE FORK CASTING SEPARATED FROM THE OLEO TUBE PERMITTING THE BOTTOM OF THE OLEO TUBE TO IMPACT THE PAVEMENT. THE RESULT OF THE OLEO TUBE IMPACTING THE PAVEMENT WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL MOVING FORWARD IS OVERLOAD FAILURE OF THE NOSE GEAR MOUNT CASTINGS, SEPARATION OF THE NOSE GEAR FROM THE FIREWALL AND BELLY, DEFORMATION OF THE FIREWALL AND DAMAGE TO BELLY SKINS AND NOSE GEAR SUPPORT STRUCTURE. THESE FAILURES ALSO PERMITTED THE PROPELLER TO IMPACT THE PAVEMENT, CAUSING PROPELLER DAMAGE. NO PRE-ACCIDENT FRACTURES OR FAILURES IN THE AFFECTED ARERAS WERE DETECTED. THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS UNINJURED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA22LA409](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA409), Sep 4, 2022: Cessna 182N (N8942G), Blairstown, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to cross the taxiway at an unsuitable location.

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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