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FAA incident report · Cessna R182 · Memphis, TN · June 7, 1996

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Date
June 7, 1996 · 08:10 local
Place
Memphis, TN
Airport
General Dewitt Spain Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6426T
Reported as
Cessna R182
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,228 total3,500 in this make and model58 in the last 90 days
N6426TRegistered now · Cessna R182S/N R18202019Airframe modelCessna R182

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on June 7, 1996, the pilot departed General Dewitt Spain Airport, Memphis, TN, on runway 16 at approximately 8:05 am CDT in Cessna R182, N6426T. After departure, he noticed the main landing gear did not retract properly. The landing gear light was still illuminated. He attempted to retract the gear a second time. The gear failed to retract. He placed the gear handle in the down position and climbed to traffic pattern altitude remaining in the pattern. Since the winds were light and variable he decided to land on runway 34. He notified UNICOM of his intentions and rechecked landing gear down with landing gear light still illuminated. The airplane touched down on the main landing gear. When the nose wheel touched down, the gear gave way resulting in a propeller strike. The pilot attempted to climb out, successfully retracted the landing gear and raised the flaps. When the airplane was unable to produce sufficient climb power, he chose to land with gear and flaps retracted. The aircraft came to rest with minor structural damage and no injuries to the pilot.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 7, 1996, THE PILOT DEPARTED GENERAL DEWITT SPAIN AIRPORT, MEMPHIS, TN, ON RUNWAY 16 AT APPROXIMATELY 8:05 AM CDT IN CESSNA R182, N6426T. AFTER DEPARTURE, HE NOTICED THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DID NOT RETRACT PROPERLY. THE LANDING GEAR LIGHT WAS STILL ILLUMINATED. HE ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT THE GEAR A SECOND TIME. THE GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT. HE PLACED THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION AND CLIMBED TO TRAFFIC PATTERN ALTITUDE REMAINING IN THE PATTERN. SINCE THE WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE HE DECIDED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 34. HE NOTIFIED UNICOM OF HIS INTENTIONS AND RECHECKED LANDING GEAR DOWN WITH LANDING GEAR LIGHT STILL ILLUMINATED. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR. WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN, THE GEAR GAVE WAY RESULTING IN A PROPELLER STRIKE. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB OUT, SUCCESSFULLY RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AND RAISED THE FLAPS. WHEN THE AIRPLANE WAS UNABLE TO PRODUCE SUFFICIENT CLIMB POWER, HE CHOSE TO LAND WITH GEAR AND FLAPS RETRACTED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WITH MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.