# Incident 20021226034739I: Cessna R182, St Charles, MO, December 26, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2002, 22:15 local time
- Place: St Charles, MO
- Airport: St Charles County Smartt Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9297° N, 90.4300° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST CHARLES COUNTY RGNL/SMARTT FLD (SET), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9297&lon=-90.4300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6056C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6056C) (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: 1,010 total, 5 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021226034739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 12/26/02, AT 1625CST, MR. WILLIAM PERMAN, THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF N5909E (CESSNA 182RG), LANDED AT ST. CHARLES COUNTY AIRPORT (SET) WITH THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR AND THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR THE ONE PASSENGER, THE PILOT'S 19 YEAR OLD SON. DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME WAS MINIMAL WITH NO CONTROL SURFACE DAMAGE. THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND SUDDEN STOPPAGE TO THE ENGINE. DURING AN INTERVIEW, MR. PERMAN STATED THAT HE SIMPLY FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN AND IT WAS A STUPID MISTAKE ON HIS PART. MR. PERMAN HAD HEARD THE GEAR WARNING HORN SOUND, THOUGH MUFFLED WITH THE USE OF HIS DAVID CLARK HEADSET, AND WAS TRYING TO ASCERTAIN WHAT IT WAS THAT HE WAS HEARING (MAYBE IT WAS ON THE RADIO, HE THOUGHT), ONLY TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM TOO LATE. DURING HIS CHECK OUT A MONTH EARLIER, MR. PERMAN STATED THAT THE GEAR HORN WAS NOT DEMONSTRATED TO HIM BY THE INSTRUCTOR, A FACT VERIFIED BY THE INSTRUCTOR, MR. ROBERT ECTON OF ST. CHARLES FLYING SERVICE FROM WHICH THE AIRCRAFT WAS RENTED. MR. PERMAN HAS A TOTAL OF 1010 HOURS WITH OVER 450 HOURS RETRACTABLE GEAR TIME.

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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