20020722017349A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna TR182 · Yuma, AZ · July 22, 2002

Date
July 22, 2002 · 21:00 local
Place
Yuma, AZ
Airport
Yuma Mcas - Yuma International
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N756EV
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX02LA236
Reported as
Cessna TR182

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.

(.19) On July 22, 2002, at 2100 mountain standard time, a Cessna TR182, N756EV, experienced a landing gear system malfunction on landing at Yuma international airport, Yuma, Arizona. The airplane was operated by the pilot/operator under the provisions of 14 CFR part 91. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The cross-country business flight departed fresno airport about 1810 pacific daylight time. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. (-23) pilot stated that upon landing gear retracted.

As the FAA filed it

(.19) ON JULY 22, 2002, AT 2100 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA TR182, N756EV, EXPERIENCED A LANDING GEAR SYSTEM MALFUNCTION ON LANDING AT YUMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, YUMA, ARIZONA. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED BY THE PILOT/OPERATOR UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE CROSS-COUNTRY BUSINESS FLIGHT DEPARTED FRESNO AIRPORT ABOUT 1810 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. (-23) PILOT STATED THAT UPON LANDING GEAR RETRACTED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.