# Incident 20110314003299I: Cessna 182R, Fitchburg, MA, March 14, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 2011, 11:00 local time
- Place: Fitchburg, MA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6019° N, 71.8157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fitchburg, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6019&lon=-71.8157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9341X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9341X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182R (registry code 2072731, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 9,151 total, 250 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110314003299I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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