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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna R182 · Spirit Lake, IA · August 5, 2026

Date
August 5, 2026 · 17:26 local
Place
Spirit Lake, IA
Airport
Spirit Lake Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7565X
Reported as
Cessna R182
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total342 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

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.

Landing approach was high and fast. Landed hard and bounced at least once, with nose wheel fork breaking off and aircraft sliding to a stop on the runway.

As the FAA filed it

LANDING APPROACH WAS HIGH AND FAST. LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED AT LEAST ONCE, WITH NOSE WHEEL FORK BREAKING OFF AND AIRCRAFT SLIDING TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY.

Other reports on N7565X · 1

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