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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna TR182 · Fremont, NE · June 5, 2000

Date: June 5, 2000 · 20:00 local
Place: Fremont, NE
Airport: Fremont Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4631S
Reported as: Cessna TR182
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 670 total70 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

N4631SRegistered now · Cessna TR182S/N R18201362 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna TR182 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) Pilot stated he had been practicing instrument approaches with an instructor at 5,000', for two days prior to incident. During practice they did not slow down airplane, or put landing gear down. Pilot stated he went by himself to practice GPS approaches, heard warning signal, but thought it was his GPS alerting him, pilot stated he forgot to put landing gear down because was busy with flying the approach, and because of the practice beforehand of not putting the gear down at the final approach fix. Pilot also stated he did not use aircraft landing checklist. Pilot stated he also had owned aircraft for less than 1 year.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED HE HAD BEEN PRACTICING INSTRUMENT APPROACHES WITH AN INSTRUCTOR AT 5,000', FOR TWO DAYS PRIOR TO INCIDENT. DURING PRACTICE THEY DID NOT SLOW DOWN AIRPLANE, OR PUT LANDING GEAR DOWN. PILOT STATED HE WENT BY HIMSELF TO PRACTICE GPS APPROACHES, HEARD WARNING SIGNAL, BUT THOUGHT IT WAS HIS GPS ALERTING HIM, PILOT STATED HE FORGOT TO PUT LANDING GEAR DOWN BECAUSE WAS BUSY WITH FLYING THE APPROACH, AND BECAUSE OF THE PRACTICE BEFOREHAND OF NOT PUTTING THE GEAR DOWN AT THE FINAL APPROACH FIX. PILOT ALSO STATED HE DID NOT USE AIRCRAFT LANDING CHECKLIST. PILOT STATED HE ALSO HAD OWNED AIRCRAFT FOR LESS THAN 1 YEAR.