# Accident 20050607024279A: Cessna TR182, Chicago/Wheelin, IL, June 7, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2005, 15:50 local time
- Place: Chicago/Wheelin, IL
- Airport: Pal-Waukee Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1142° N, 87.9014° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1142&lon=-87.9014&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4978T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4978T) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05LA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA136) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050607024279A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 7, 2005, CESSNA CE182-TR182, N4978T, PILOTED BY A COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT DEPARTED DANVILLE, VA ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FOR PALWAUKEE AIRPORT, WHEELING, IL. PRIOR TO APPROACH, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL FAILURE. HE REPORTED HIS HSI CEASED OPERATION. THE PILOT STATED HE SQUAWKED 7600 ON HIS TRANSPONDER. UPON LANDING THE PILOT WAS NOTIFIED BY PWK ATCT THAT HIS MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS NOT IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON ITS NOSE WHEEL AND TAIL SKID ON RUNWAY 16. NO INJURIES. NO FIRE. THE CONVERSATION FROM ATCT'S TAPE INDICATED THE PILOT DID REPORT HE WAS HAVING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. NOTHING FOLLOWS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI05LA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA136), Jun 7, 2005: Cessna 182TR (N4978T), Wheeling, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot failed to verify that the landing gear were fully extended and failed to perform the emergency landing gear extention procedures. Factors to the accident included the low hydraulic fluid…

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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