# Incident 19960607019149I: Cessna R182, Memphis, TN, June 7, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1996, 08:10 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: General Dewitt Spain Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2007° N, 90.0540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL DEWITT SPAIN (M01), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2007&lon=-90.0540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6426T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6426T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,228 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960607019149I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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