# Incident 20240222004739I: Cessna 182Q, Taos, NM, February 22, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 2024, 10:00 local time
- Place: Taos, NM
- Airport: Taos Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4517° N, 105.6731° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAOS RGNL (SKX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4517&lon=-105.6731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96844, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N96844) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240222004739I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 26, 2024, AT OR AROUND 11:00 MST, A CESSNA 182Q, HAD A HARD LANDING AT TAOS REGIONAL AIRPORT (SKX), NM, WHILE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE AND THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LOS ALAMOS, NM, ON MARCH 06, 2024, AT ABOUT 10:00 MST.

THE INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THE PILOT LANDED HARD ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT SEE ANY DAMAGE, BUT HE REALIZED THE RUDDER DEFALTED HARD RIGHT BUT OTHERWISE FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. HE THEN FLEW THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO LOS ALAMOS, NM. THE INVESTIGATION ALSO DETERMINED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS DAMAGED BUT THIS DAMAGE WAS NOT VISIBLE TO THE PILOT. HOWEVER,THE NOSE STEERING CABLES WERE LOOSE AND LAYING AGAINST THE RUDDER CABLES.

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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