# Incident 20230429007589I: Cessna R182, Aiken, SC, April 29, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2023, 12:45 local time
- Place: Aiken, SC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5316° N, 81.7251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aiken, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5316&lon=-81.7251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4927S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4927S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 323 total, 29 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230429007589I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED HE LOWERED GEAR ON DOWNWIND LEG OF RUNWAY 25 WITHOUT INCIDENT AND OBSERVED GEAR DOWN INDICATION AND HE VERIFIED VIA MIRRORS MOUNTED UNDERNEATH WING.  SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN AIRCRAFT LOWERED AND VEERED TO THE RIGHT.

INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED DAMAGE TO RIGHT SIDE OF HORIZONTAL STABILATOR, ELEVATOR, AND RIGHT WINGTIP. INSPECTION SHOWED NOSE GEAR HAD FULLY DEPLOYED AND RIGHT AND LEFT MAIN GEAR WERE PARTIALLY RETRACTED.

DURING TROUBLESHOOTING MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE LANDING GEAR HYRDRAULIC SOLENOID WAS DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED IT. MAINTENANCE FILED A SERVICE DIFFICULTY REPORT (SDR) REGARDING THE DEFECTIVE SOLENOID (SDR NUMBER #2023FA0000344).

## Other reports on N4927S (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20011225033929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011225033929I), Dec 25, 2001: Cessna R182 (N4927S), Louisburg, NC, Minor damage. (-23) The aircraft's initial contact was approximately 500' from the approach end of runway 4. The skid marks of the tires start at 51" center to center and…

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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