20110314003299I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182R · Fitchburg, MA · March 14, 2011

Date: March 14, 2011 · 11:00 local
Place: Fitchburg, MA
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9341X
Reported as: Cessna 182R
Reported engine: Continental O-470 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,151 total250 in this make and model51 in the last 90 days

N9341XRegistered now · Cessna 182RS/N 18268497 · Built 1985 Airframe modelCessna 182R Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On March 14, 2011 the privacy data omitted of N9341X, an amphibious Cessna 182R, was conducting left closed traffic to runway 31 at the Fitchburg municipal airport in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. While conducting left closed traffic to runway 31 the privacy data omitted failed to complete a before landing check which would have ensured the landing gear was in the proper position. The privacy data omitted also stated during his interview that he had pressed the landing gear audio inhibit button thus stopping all audio warnings of gear position. The failure to conduct a before landing check and inhibiting the landing gear audio resulted in a gear up landing on runway 31.

As the FAA filed it

ON MARCH 14, 2011 THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF N9341X, AN AMPHIBIOUS CESSNA 182R, WAS CONDUCTING LEFT CLOSED TRAFFIC TO RUNWAY 31 AT THE FITCHBURG MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN FITCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS. WHILE CONDUCTING LEFT CLOSED TRAFFIC TO RUNWAY 31 THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FAILED TO COMPLETE A BEFORE LANDING CHECK WHICH WOULD HAVE ENSURED THE LANDING GEAR WAS IN THE PROPER POSITION. THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ALSO STATED DURING HIS INTERVIEW THAT HE HAD PRESSED THE LANDING GEAR AUDIO INHIBIT BUTTON THUS STOPPING ALL AUDIO WARNINGS OF GEAR POSITION. THE FAILURE TO CONDUCT A BEFORE LANDING CHECK AND INHIBITING THE LANDING GEAR AUDIO RESULTED IN A GEAR UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 31.