# Incident 20250204001229I: Cessna R182, West Palm Beach, FL, February 4, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2025, 11:42 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: North Palm Beach County Genera
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.8459° N, 80.2223° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH PALM BEACH COUNTY GENERAL AVIATION (F45), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.8459&lon=-80.2223&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7368N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7368N) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 500 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250204001229I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 4, 2024, A CESSNA 182 WAS DAMAGED AT NORTH PALM BEACH COUNTY AIRPORT ON LANDING WITH THE REAR M.AIN LANDING GEAR NOT IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. ALTHOUGH THE GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED IN THE DOWN POSITION AND THE NOSE GEAR EXTENDED, THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR DID NOT EXTEND AND LOCK. SECTION 3, EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, OF THE PILOTS OPERATING HANDBOOK WERE NOT CONDUCTED TO MANUALLY EXTEND GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING.

AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RH WINGTIP AND RH ELEVATOR.

NO INJURIES WERE NOTED.

THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED BY THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WITH A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD AS A TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N7368N (1)

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

- [Incident 20230713010429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230713010429I), Jul 13, 2023: Cessna R182 (N7368N), Charleston, SC, Minor damage. From the pilot's statement: "there was a crosswind upon approach but nothing which seemed unusually dangerous. After touchdown and on roll out the plane veered…

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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