# Incident 19971218041369I: Cessna R182, Durango, CO, December 18, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1997, 15:20 local time
- Place: Durango, CO
- Airport: Durango-La Plata County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1515° N, 107.7538° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DURANGO-LA PLATA COUNTY (DRO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1515&lon=-107.7538&mi=10
- Aircraft: N182BG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N182BG-2002-04-29) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,030 total, 6 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971218041369I

## Narrative

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

UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION DURING ATTEMPTED LANDING. INITIATED FLY. BY APPEARED DOWN. COLLAPSED ON SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPT. (-23) UNSAFE GEAR DOWN INDICATION DURING ATTEMPTED LANDING.  PILOT ABORTED LANDING.  SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO GET GEAR DOWN AND SAFE INDICATION.  PILOT INITIATED A FLY-BY.  GROUND PERSONNEL INFORMED PILOT THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN.  GEAR COLLAPSED ON SUBSEQUENT LANDING ATTEMPT. DAMAGE TO PROP AND LANDING GEAR DOORS.  NO INJURIES, NO FIRE.

## Other reports on N182BG (2)

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

- [Accident 20001010015849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001010015849A), Oct 10, 2000: Cessna R182 (N182BG), Grants, NM, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) 135 Operator, durango flying service, CE-R182, departed durango, CO. Under IFR conditions, VFR flight plan to albuquerque, NM, with two stops enroute,…
- [Incident 19990505036649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990505036649I), May 5, 1999: Cessna R182 (N182BG), Durango, CO, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft hit by sudden gusty crosswind during landing roll causing wing to come up and resulting in prop strike but did not hit wing as previously…

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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