# Incident 20070618012409I: Cessna R182, Mount Sterling, KY, June 18, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2007, 20:30 local time
- Place: Mount Sterling, KY
- Airport: Mount Sterling-Montgomery Coun
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: KKIA
- Location: 38.0581° N, 83.9796° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOUNT STERLING/MONTGOMERY COUNTY (IOB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0581&lon=-83.9796&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82ER, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82ER) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O540J3C5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 959 total, 248 in this make and model, 71 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070618012409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DUE TO PISTON RACK GEAR FAILURE IN THE LEFT MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR, PILOT WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR USING NORMAL OR EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES. PILOT ACCOMPLISHED A GEAR UP LANDING AS DIRECTED IN THE PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LOWER BODY SKIN AND SOME MARRING TO THE LOWER FIREWALL. THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED WHEN IT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. FURTHER ANALYSIS OF THE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR RACK GEAR FAILURE MODE IS PENDING THE EXAMINATION OF THE COMPONENT. ANALYSIS OF ENGINE AND AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS PENDING TEAR DOWN AND BODY PANEL REMOVAL.

## Other reports on N82ER (1)

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

- [Incident 19940616024649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940616024649I), Jun 16, 1994: Cessna R182 (N82ER), Prescott, AZ, Minor damage. On phase check had student demostrated short field takeoff. Nose gear and left main collapsed. Prior liftoff.

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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