# Incident 20260326007039I: Cessna 182P, York, PA, March 26, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2026, 20:50 local time
- Place: York, PA
- Airport: York Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9170° N, 76.8730° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at YORK (THV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9170&lon=-76.8730&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58554, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N58554) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 340 total, 277 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260326007039I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 26, 2026, AT 2050 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT), A CESSNA 182 AIRPLANE RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN IT WAS INVOLVED IN A PROPELLER STRIKE WITH AN UNREMOVED TOW BAR DURING ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF AT YORK AIRPORT (THV), YORK, PA.  THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTAINING NIGHT TAKEOFF AND LANDING CURRENCY.  THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) TAXIED FROM THE PARKING RAMP TO RUNWAY 17 FOR TAKEOFF.  DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE PIC REPORTED HEARING A LOUD NOISE AND ABORTED THE TAKEOFF.  THE PIC RETURNED TO THE PARKING RAMP AND SHUTDOWN THE AIRPLANE.  UPON EXITING THE AIRPLANE, THE PIC REALIZED THE TOW BAR WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE NOSEWHEEL.  THE TWO-BLADE PROPELLER STRUCK THE TOW BAR, SHEARING OFF THE HANDLE END OF THE TOW BAR.  THE IMPACT REMOVED APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH OF ONE PROPELLER BLADE AND CREATED A LARGE GOUGE IN THE OTHER BLADE.  NO ADDITIONAL AIRPLANE DAMAGE WAS NOTED.

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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