# Incident 20250822013549I: Cessna T182T, Colorado Spring, CO, August 22, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2025, 12:08 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: Colorado Springs Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8339° N, 104.8214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colorado Springs, CO, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8339&lon=-104.8214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20DB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N20DB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T182T (registry code 2072738, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540 series (registry code 42500, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T182T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING T10-540-AK1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 233 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250822013549I

## Narrative

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

PLANNED SOLO TRAINING FLIGHT CONSISTING OF THREE TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS AT KCOS FOLLOWED BY FLIGHT TO KPUB TO PRACTICE INSTRUMENT APPROACHES IN PREPARATION FOR INSTRUMENT CHECKRIDE. ON FIRST TOUCH-AND-GO AT KCOS, ATC INSTRUCTED TO EXTEND MY DOWNWIND AND ADVISED THAT THE TOWER WOULD CALL BASE TURN. SHORTLY AFTERWARD, WAS INSTRUCTED TO MAKE LEFT 360 AND THEN LAND ON RUNWAY 13. DURING THE APPROACH TO RUNWAY 13, AIRSPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 85–90 KNOTS. ENTERED GROUND EFFECT AT THIS SPEED WITH THE THROTTLE AT IDLE. ATTEMPTED TO REDUCE SPEED AND SETTLE THE AIRPLANE FOR LANDING, BUT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED HARD AND BEGAN TO PORPOISE ALONG THE RUNWAY. DESPITE ATTEMPTS TO RECOVER, THE NOSEWHEEL ULTIMATELY CONTACTED THE RUNWAY WITH SIGNIFICANT FORCE, RESULTING IN A COLLAPSED NOSEWHEEL AND A PROPELLER STRIKE.  WEATHER AT KCOS WAS VFR WITH LIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS - CONFIRMED CONDITIONS WOULD REMAIN VFR FOR THE FLIGHT USING FOREFLIGHT. NO PERSONAL INJURIES OCCURRED.

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