# Incident 20080301011179I: Cessna TR182, Andrews, TX, March 1, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2008, 17:00 local time
- Place: Andrews, TX
- Airport: Andrews County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3308° N, 102.5297° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ANDREWS COUNTY (E11), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3308&lon=-102.5297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73622, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73622) (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: 890 total, 682 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080301011179I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 1, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 CDT, THE PILOT AND SINGLE OCCUPANT OF N73622, A CESSNA MODEL TR182, EXECUTED A GEAR UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 16 OF ANDREWS COUNTY AIRPORT (E11). THE PILOT STATED HE WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GOS IN ORDER TO PRACTICE LANDING TECHNIQUES. HE STATED THAT ON THE PREVIOUS TOUCH AND GO, HE RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AND THEN FLEW AROUND THE PATTERN TO PERFORM ANOTHER LANDING. ON APPROACH TO LANDING THE PILOT STATED HE BECAME FIXATED ON THE USE OF LIGHT CONTROL INPUTS ON THE CONTROL COLUMN AND NEGLECTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. UPON HEARING THE PROPELLER BLADES CONTACT THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT STATED HE ADDED FULL THROTTLE AND PLACED THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED TO THE LEFT AND EXITED THE RUNWAY, COMING TO REST IN THE ADJACENT CLEAR ZONE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPELLER BLADES, LOWER FUSELAGE AND OUTBOARD LEFT WING LEADING EDGE. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N73622 (1)

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

- [Incident 20090803012669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090803012669I), Aug 3, 2009: Cessna TR182 (N73622), Killeen, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On August 3, 2009, Mr. Koerper acted as pilot in command his aircraft a 1978 Cessna 182RG registration number N73622. During the landing phase at Skylark…

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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