# Incident 19950315010179I: Cessna R182, Racine, WI, March 15, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1995, 20:02 local time
- Place: Racine, WI
- Airport: Horlick-Racine Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7256° N, 87.8142° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Racine, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7256&lon=-87.8142&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2359C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2359C-2004-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- Reported engine: LYC O540J3C5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 20 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950315010179I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 15, 1995, AT 2000 CDT, CESSNA R182, N2359C, REGISTERED TO FLEISCHMANN AIR, INC. AND OPERATED BY MR. JERRY W. STONE, A PRIVATE PILOT HOLDING AN INSTRUMENT RATING, CERTIFICATE NUMBER 337503512, LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 4 AT JOHN H. BATTEN AIRPORT, RACINE, WI (RAC), WITH VMC EXISTING AT THE TIME. MR. STONE STATED THAT HE DEPARTED RACINE ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO MADISON, WI, RETURNING TO RACINE WITH ONE PAX ON BOARD; THIS INDIVIDUAL ALSO BEING A PRIVATE PILOT WITH AN INSTRUMENT RATING. UPON APPROACH INTO RAC AT AN ALTITUDE OF 3500 FEET MR. STONE INDICATED THAT HE WAS BEING VECTORED BY MKE ATC TO INTERCEPT THE LOCALIZER FOR RWY 4. DUE TO A DELAY WITH INSTRUCTIONS FROM ATC THE AIRCRAFT PASSED THROUGH THE LOCALIZER AT WHICH TIME MR. STONE AGAIN CONTACTED MKE ATC FOR CLARIFICATION. AT CONTACT RAC ON THE UNICOM. DUE TO APPARENT CONFUSION WITH COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE AIRCRAFT AND MKE APPROACH, THE SPEED AND ALTITUDE OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE INTERCEPTING THE LOCALIZER, THE TRANSITION TO A VISUAL APPROACH, AND INPUT FROM THE PASSENGER PILOT, MR. STONE STATED HE DID NOT FOLLOW THE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST PROCEDURES AND SUBSEQUENTLY FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N2359C (1)

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

- [Accident 20011209038639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011209038639A), Dec 9, 2001: Cessna R182 (N2359C), Wilmette, IL, No damage, 4 fatal. (.19) On December 9, 2001, at approximately 1810 central standard time (CST), a Cessna R182, N2359C, was presumed to have impacted lake Michigan about 3…

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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