# Incident 20110305003739I: Cessna R182, St. Cloud, MN, March 5, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2011, 13:47 local time
- Place: St. Cloud, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5608° N, 94.1625° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Cloud, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5608&lon=-94.1625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7557X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7557X) (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: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 218 total, 15 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110305003739I

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH TO STC PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR, HOWEVER THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DID NOT INDICATE A DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION.  PILOT ATTEMPED TO RECYCLE BUT ONLY RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR WOULD CYCLE.  LEFT MAIN REMAINED STUCK IN PARTIAL DOWN POSITION.  PILOT TALKED WITH A MECHANIC AND HIS CFI TO TRY TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THE GEAR PROBLEM BUT TO NO AVAIL.  PROCEEDED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON RWY 31 AT STC.  WX WAS VMC, RWY WAS DRY, WINDS LIGHT.  UPON LANDING PILOT HELD WINGS LEVEL AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.  LEFT WING TIP AND LEFT STABILZER CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND PULLED AIRPLANE INTO AN IMMEDIATE 90 DEGREE TURN WHERE IT SKIDDED TO A STOP AT RUNWAY EDGE.  MINOR DAMAGE TO RIGHT WING TIP AND RIGHT STABILZER.  NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N7557X (1)

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

- [Incident 20120207001199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120207001199I), Feb 7, 2012: Cessna R182 (N7557X), St. Cloud, MN, Minor damage. Pilot failed to extend the landing 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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