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NTSB incident investigation · Cessna R182 · Jacksonville, FL · July 15, 1985

Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal report
Date
July 15, 1985, 13:54 local (17:54 UTC)
Place
Jacksonville, FL
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N6289TCessna R182
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19850715071449I
Case key
31295

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Sequence of events

NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.

Nose gear collapsedLanding - roll
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause

Analysis

The plt stated that he made a normal touchdown & on his landing rollout the nose gear collapsed. The landing gear was cycled several times after this occurrence & no abnormality was observed. No determination could be made of the malfunction of the landing gear system as described by the plt.

Aircraft

Registration
N6289T
Reported as
Cessna R182
Category
Airplane
Serial number
R1820191
Airframe hours
507
Engine
Lycoming O-540-J3C5D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Minor damage
Flight
Part 135
Operator
Tampa Airways Inc.
Registered owner
Bayside Motor Cars
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
Annual · September 1, 1984 · 103 hours before
Departed
ORL · Orlando, FL
Airport
JAX · Jacksonville Int'L, runway 25, 8,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

Role
Pilot
Age
20
Certificates
Flight instructor, Commercial
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
Instrument ratings
Airplane
Medical
Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Seat
Left
Flight hours
1,235 total · 38 in this make and model · 1,160 as pilot in command · 212 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
220° at 11 knots
Visibility
4 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
25,000 ft overcast
Temperature
84 °F, dew point 70 °F
Altimeter
30.00 inHg
Observed at
JAX, 1 nm away

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.