# Incident 20010702016019I: Cessna R182, Bedford, MA, July 2, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2001, 15:15 local time
- Place: Bedford, MA
- Airport: Laurence G Hanscom Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4699° N, 71.2890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAURENCE G HANSCOM FLD (BED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4699&lon=-71.2890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7311S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7311S) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 175 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010702016019I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THE GEAR WARNING HORN WAS OPERATING INTERMITTENTLY, OCCASIONALLY OPERATING WHEN THE GEAR WAS UP. THE PILOT STATES THAT THE GEAR HANDLE WAS SELECTED DOWN, AND THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD A GREEN LIGHT ON THE GEAR INDICATOR, ALTHOUGH THE SUN ANGLE SHINING ON THE LIGHT MADE IT DIFFICULT TO BE CERTAIN. AIRCRAFT WAS IN FLARE FOR LANDING WHEN PILOT HEARD TOWER SAYING "7311S GO AROUND, GO AROUND".  PILOT THEN APPLIED POWER AND THOUGH, "WHAT WAS THAT NOISE".  PILOT CAME AROUND PATTERN AND LANDED TO FULL STOP.  DAMAGE TO PROPELLER WAS FOUND ON SHUT DOWN.  PILOT ADMITTED THAT HE NEVER LOOKED OUTSIDE AIRCRAFT TO VERIFY THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN.  A BROKEN WIRE WAS ALSO FOUND ON THE GEAR WARNING HORN.  FSDO INSPECTOR WITNESSED JACKING OF AIRCRAFT AND SWINGING OF LANDING GEAR THE NEXT DAY.  LANDING GEAR FUNCTIONS PROPERLY.

## Other reports on N7311S (2)

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

- [Accident 19900524017339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900524017339A), May 24, 1990: Cessna R182 (N7311S), Salina, KS, Substantial damage. On landing nose gear was down but mains in trail due to weak hydraulic pump. Gear horn inop. Failed to check gear.
- [Incident 19860702078899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860702078899I), Jul 2, 1986: Cessna R182 (N7311S), Kokomo, IN, Minor damage. Nosegear collapsed on landing. Student raised gear handle during touch and go. Instructor failed to anticipate.

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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