# Incident 19991014029409I: Cessna R182, Amarillo, TX, October 14, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1999, 11:25 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: Amarillo International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2220° N, 101.8313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amarillo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2220&lon=-101.8313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N756CX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N756CX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TR182 (registry code 2072735, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (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: 3,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991014029409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS COMMERCIAL PILOT OPERATING HER PERSONAL AIRCRAFT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 IN VMC CONDITIONS SUFFERED A GEAR UP LANDING WHILE TRYING TO RETURN TO THE FBO BECAUSE OF AN UNIDENTIFIED NOISE DURING CLIMB-OUT. THIS WAS THE THIRD TAKEOFF AND LANDING FROM AMA. DUE TO THE UNIDENTIFIED NOISE.  MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE SOUND OR FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PIC SAID SHE PUT THE GEAR DOWN BUT DID NOT LOOK OUT THE WINDOW TO CONFIRM DOWN  AND LOCKED.  SHE SAID THE GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCH DOWN.  POST INCIDENT GEAR RETRACTION AND EXTENSION TESTS SHOWED THE GEAR TO BE WORKING NORMALLY IN BOTH NORMAL AND EMERGENCY EXTENSION.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE GEAR WAS SELECTED TO DOWN BUT WAS SELECTED TOO LATE IN THE LANDING SEQUENCE TO ALLOW THE GEAR TO EXTEND BEYOND HALF WAY.  IN THIS AIRCRAFT THE GEAR CANNOT COLLAPSE IF THE WEIGHT OF THE AIRFRAME IS ON IT.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED ONLY VERY MINOR DAMAGE.  THE PIC SUFFERED NO INJURIES.  THIS INVESTIGATION IS OVER.

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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