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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna R182 · Imperial, CA · January 10, 2026

Date
January 10, 2026 · 10:57 local
Place
Imperial, CA
Airport
Imperial County Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1784R
Reported as
Cessna R182
Reported engine
Lycoming O-540-J3C5D
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
170 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

C182 landed on runway 32 at kipl in Imperial, CA with the nose gear in the up position, causing the propeller to strike the ground and resulting in damage to the propeller blades as well as the nose gear doors. Pilot states that the emergency checklist was followed and the emergency gear extension handle was pumped multiple times to no avail. There were three people on board and no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

C182 LANDED ON RUNWAY 32 AT KIPL IN IMPERIAL, CA WITH THE NOSE GEAR IN THE UP POSITION, CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND AND RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER BLADES AS WELL AS THE NOSE GEAR DOORS. PILOT STATES THAT THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST WAS FOLLOWED AND THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE WAS PUMPED MULTIPLE TIMES TO NO AVAIL. THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE ON BOARD AND NO INJURIES.

Other reports on N1784R · 4

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