19880123011079I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna R182 · Birmingham, AL · January 23, 1988

Date
January 23, 1988 · 17:34 local
Place
Birmingham, AL
Airport
Birmingham Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N35WS
Reported as
Cessna R182
Reported engine
Lycoming O540L3C5
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total1,500 in this make and model10 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.

Landed gear up. Failed to check gear down. Gear warning horn inoperative due to failure of throttle position switch

As the FAA filed it

LANDED GEAR UP. FAILED TO CHECK GEAR DOWN. GEAR WARNING HORN INOPERATIVE DUE TO FAILURE OF THROTTLE POSITION SWITCH