# Incident 20250228003799I: Cessna 182L, Hartford, CT, February 28, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 2025, 10:40 local time
- Place: Hartford, CT
- Airport: Hartford-Brainard
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7367° N, 72.6494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARTFORD-BRAINARD (HFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7367&lon=-72.6494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3120R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3120R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182L (registry code 2072726, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 347 total, 27 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250228003799I

## Narrative

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

ON 02/28/2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:40 AM LOCAL, A CESSNA 182L AIRCRAFT, OPERATED BY THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC), SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WINGTIP FAIRING, NOSE LANDING GEAR FAIRING, AND ENGINE PROPELLER AFTER LANDING TOUCH DOWN AT THE HARTFORD BRAINARD AIRPORT (KHFD) IN CONNECTICUT. DURING A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW WITH THE PIC ON 04/07/2025, AT 09:04 AM LOCAL, HE STATED THAT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT ON 02/28/2025 THERE WAS ONE PASSENGER ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT. THE PIC STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT ANNUAL MAINTENANCE INSPECTION WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON 02/20/2025 BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE. THE PIC STATED HE WAS PERFORMING AN OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT (OCF) FROM KHFD TO KHFD ON 02/28/2025 TO CHECK THE OPERATION OF THE FUEL TANK VENT SYSTEM. THE PIC STATED THAT ON THE RETURN APPROACH LANDING PHASE OF FLIGHT, JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN AND WHILE EXECUTING A CROSSWIND CORRECTION, A GUST OF WIND STRUCK THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING THE RIGHT WINGTIP FAIRING AND ENGINE PROPELLER TO CONTACT THE RUNWAY PAVEMENT. THE PIC WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE TO TAXI OFF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY STILL IN MAINTENANCE, RETURN TO SERVICE IS PENDING.

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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