# Accident 20120621013089A: Cessna R182, Santa Teresa, NM, June 21, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2012, 15:20 local time
- Place: Santa Teresa, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8806° N, 106.7033° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8806&lon=-106.7033&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4702R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4702R-2019-11-15) (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: 525 total, 42 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA387](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA387) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120621013089A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 21, 2012, AT 1520 MDT A CESSNA 182, N4702R, REGISTERED TO MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY (AIRWING) INC.  LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING AT SANTA TERESA AIRPORT (5T6), SANTA TERESA, NEW MEXICO WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METERLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BOUNTIFUL, UTAH, AT APPROXIMATELY 113O MDT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN12LA387](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA387), Jun 21, 2012: Cessna R182 (N4702R), Santa Teresa, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to ensure that the landing gear was down and locked before landing.

## Other reports on N4702R (1)

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

- [Incident 20180629015759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180629015759I), Jun 29, 2018: Cessna R182 (N4702R), Rapid City, SD, Minor damage. Pilot was coming into land at Rapid City, SD regional airport on 06/29/2018 at approximately 1930 local time. Pilot put gear down and only main gear came down.…

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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