# Incident 20250507020489I: Cessna 182R, Mansfield, OH, May 7, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2025, 22:40 local time
- Place: Mansfield, OH
- Airport: Mansfield Lahm Regional Airpor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8214° N, 82.5166° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANSFIELD LAHM RGNL (MFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8214&lon=-82.5166&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5601E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5601E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182R (registry code 2072731, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 312 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250507020489I

## Narrative

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

PILOT/^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK POSSESSION OF AIRCRAFT AT COMPLETION OF AN ANNUAL INSPECTION FROM LOCAL REPAIR STATION.  PRIOR TO TAXIING, THE PILOT COMPLETED WHAT HE CONSIDERED TO BE A THOROUGH PREFLIGHT INSPECTION.  AFTER COMPLETING SAID PREFLIGHT INSPECTION THE PILOT PROCEEDED TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT TO TAXIWAY THREE-TWO.  AT THAT POINT THE PILOT RECEIVED CLEARANCE FROM ATC FOR TAKE-OFF.  PRIOR TO TAKE-OFF THE PILOT PERFORMED FULL POWER CHECK DUE TO GOVERNOR WORK THAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED DURING THE ANNUAL INSPECTION ACCOMPLISHED AT THE LOCAL REPAIR STATION BEFORE TAKEOFF.  THE PILOT EXPLAINED THAT UP TO 40 KNOTS THERE WERE NO ISSUES.  BETWEEN 40-50 KNOTS THE AIRCRAFT NOSE LANDING GEAR BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE A SHIMMYING CONDITION. THE PILOT THEN USED ELEVATOR AND BRAKE DIFFERENTIAL TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT AS BEST HE COULD. AT THIS POINT THE PILOT EXPLAINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL AND RUDDER FUNCTIONS WERE LOCKED. AND THE NOSE GEAR WAS SLIGHTLY ALIGNED TO THE LEFT. WHILE STILL TAXIING, THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY WHERE THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO CLEAR RUNWAY THREE-TWO AND COME TO A STOP.  AT THAT POINT THE PILOT REQUESTED CONFIRMATION FROM ATC IF AIRCRAFT FAIRING WAS STILL ATTACHED.  ATC CONFIRMED THAT AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL FAIRING WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE AIRCRAFT.   SHORTLY AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TOWED TO A LOCAL MAINTENANCE FACILITY FOR FURTHER FAA DAMAGE EVALUATION AND MAINTENANCE IF NEEDED.  THE PILOT EXPLAINED THAT ULTIMATELY TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED DUE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONDITION AND ANOTHER AIRCRAFT SUSPECTED TO BE IN A LANDING PATTERN. AN FAA AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR TRAVELED TO THE AIRCRAFT TO IDENTIFY THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE.  DAMAGE WAS DEEMED AS MINOR CLASSIFYING THE EVENT AS AN INCIDENT.  THIS INFORMATION WAS THEN PASS ALONG TO THE ASSIGNED NTSB PERSONNEL FOR THEIR CLASSIFICATION PURPOSES.

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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