- Date
- November 12, 1996, 00:00 local (07:00 UTC)
- Place
- Alamosa, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N3293YCessna 182E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1997
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 20116
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Probable cause
aircraft damage for undetermined rteasons.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the annual inspection of the aircraft, substantial damage to the nose landing gear and firewall was discovered. The owner/pilot said that she did not know when, where or how the damage occurred.
Factual narrative
On November 15, 1996, the Denver Field Office of the National Transportation Safety Board was notified by the owner/operator of N3293Y, a Cessna 182E, that substantial damage had been discovered while the airplane was undergoing an annual inspection. The nose landing gear and firewall were buckled.
The pilot/owner stated she did not know when the damage occurred. The last flight occurred on November 12, 1996, during a cross country flight from Englewood, Colorado, to Alamosa, Colorado. The airplane is exclusively used by the pilot and her husband, who is also a pilot. The pilot stated in her written report that she did not know when, where, or how the damage occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3293Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 182E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18254293
- Airframe hours
- 4,208
- Engine
- Continental 470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Karen & Larry Holder
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 14, 1995 · 208 hours before
- Departed
- APA · Englewood, CO
- Destination
- ALS
- Airport
- ALS · San Luis Valley Regional, runway 20, 8,800 × 100 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 101 total · 101 in this make and model · 101 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
Other investigations on N3293Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.