# Incident 20240604006139I: Cessna T182T, Chester, CT, June 4, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2024, 11:50 local time
- Place: Chester, CT
- Airport: Chester
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3837° N, 72.5058° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHESTER (SNC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3837&lon=-72.5058&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6016V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6016V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T182T (registry code 2072738, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540-AK1A (registry code 42005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-ak1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T182T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-540-AK1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 340 total, 140 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240604006139I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDING RUNWAY 17 WITH REPORTED WIND SPEED VARIABLE FROM THE SOUTH. WHILE ON A COORDINATED FINAL APPROACH AND DURING THE INITIAL FLARE, THE WINDS APPEARED TO HAVE GUSTED FORCING THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO LIFT UPWARD.THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY THREE TIMES INCREASING IN IMPACT EACH TIME UNTIL SETTLING ONTO THE RUNWAY. DURING ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY VEERED TO THE RIGHT PASSING THROUGH THE SAFE AREA ONTO THE ADJACENT TAXIWAY TO A FULL STOP. MODERATE DAMAGE IS TO THE THREE BLADED PROPELLER, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT ASSEMBLY, THE NOSE LANDING STEERING LINKAGES, AND ENGINE FIREWALL STRUCTURE. NO INJURIES REPORTED.

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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