# Incident 20040708020379I: Cessna TR182, Chicago/West Ch, IL, July 8, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2004
- Place: Chicago/West Ch, IL
- Airport: Dupage
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9071° N, 88.2480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUPAGE (DPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9071&lon=-88.2480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4649S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4649S) (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 TR182
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 365 total, 180 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040708020379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PRIVATE PILOT WAS PRACTICING TAKE-OFFS AND LANDINGS AT DUPAGE AIRPORT. PILOT LANDED HARD AND WENT AROUND. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AGAIN AND COULD NOT GET A GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION. THE PILOT ABORTED THE LANDING AND CIRCLED DUPAGE AIRPORT FOR APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES. THE PILOT THEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, REQUESTING EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT, AND LANDED. THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N4649S (2)

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

- [Incident 19860712055109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860712055109I), Jul 12, 1986: Cessna R182 (N4649S), Jackpot, NV, Minor damage. Nose landing gear did not extend, landed with nose wheel retracted.
- [Incident 19800930072069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800930072069I), Sep 30, 1980: Cessna R182 (N4649S), Circle, MT, Minor damage. Pilot failed to extend gear.

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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