# Incident 19971107038679I: Cessna R182, Alabaster, AL, November 7, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 1997, 12:00 local time
- Place: Alabaster, AL
- Airport: Shelby County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1778° N, 86.7832° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHELBY COUNTY (EET), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1778&lon=-86.7832&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2396C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2396C-2013-10-30) (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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 54 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971107038679I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DR. JACK ZORN DEPARTED TUSKEGEE, AL (06A) IN N2396C, A CE-182-R182, FOR A FLIGHT TO GLADWIN, MI (GDW). SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF A PASSENGER BECAME ILL AND WAS VOMITING PROFUSELY. DR. ZORN DIVERTED TO SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT, AL (21A) SO THE ILL PASSENGER COULD BE ATTENDED TO; HOWEVER, HE FORGOT TO LOWER HIS LANDING GEAR IN TIME FOR THE LANDING. HE REPORTED HE WAS DISTRACTED BY THE ILL PASSENGER WHICH CAUSED THIS OVERSIGHT. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS ABLE TO CYCLE DOWN AND LOCK, BUT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS UNABLE TO CYCLE TO A DOWN AND LOCK POSITION. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. DR. ZORN'S STATEMENT IS ATTACHED.

## Other reports on N2396C (1)

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

- [Incident 19900530028029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900530028029I), May 30, 1990: Cessna R182 (N2396C), Tuskegee, AL, Minor damage. Pilot failed to lower landing gear and landed gear up.

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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