# Accident 20140707011119A: Cessna TR182, Wichita, KS, July 7, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2014, 17:20 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6501° N, 97.4306° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6501&lon=-97.4306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4602S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4602S) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,575 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA357](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA357) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140707011119A

## Narrative

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

A CALL WAS RECEIVED  FROM THE REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER (ROC) ON 7/7/2014 AT 6:02 PM LOCAL THAT N4602S, A CESSNA TR182 S/N 18201353 HAD EXPERIENCED A GEAR COLLAPSE ON RUNWAY 19L OF MID CONTINENT AIRPORT IN WICHITA KANSAS.   IT APPEARED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD APPROACHED RUNWAY 19L FROM THE SOUTH AND THE L/H GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED WHEN THE PLANE TOUCHED DOWN.

AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE THE FOLLOWING WAS OBSERVED :

?	THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS NEARLY IN THE RETRACTED POSITION

?	HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS COVERING THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT, FROM THE NOSE GEAR AFT

?	THE LEFT WING TIP AND AILERON WERE DAMAGED

?	THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND ELEVATOR WERE BENT UP MID-SPAN ABOUT 10 DEGREES

AIRFRAME TOTAL TIME (AFTT) AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS 3157.57, TACH TIME WAS 38.07.  IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT ON 07/02/2014 TACH 30.63 THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR HAD BEEN REMOVED, RESEALED AND REINSTALLED IN THE AIRCRAFT BY EDWARDS JET CENTER REPAIR STATION HSRR811E.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD NOT HAD ANY GEAR ISSUES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT.

ON 7/21/2014 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF YINGLING AIRCRAFT, WHERE THE AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN MOVED FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT, CALLED THIS OFFICE AND SAID THAT THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAD LOOKED AT THE AIRCRAFT AND HAD DISCOVERED THAT THE FORWARD NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR HOSE APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN TWISTED DURING THE LAST INSTALLATION, WHICH CAUSED A LEAK.  THIS OFFICE WENT TO THEIR FACILITY AND TOOK PICTURES OF THE FAILED HOSE.

## 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 CEN14LA357](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA357), Jul 7, 2014: Cessna TR182 (N4602S), Wichita, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel’s improper landing gear system repair, which resulted in a hydraulic leak and subsequent gear collapse during landing.

## Other reports on N4602S (2)

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

- [Accident 20010601010479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010601010479A), Jun 1, 2001: Cessna TR182 (N4602S), Boise, ID, No damage. (-23)During a landing with a strong cross wind, the pilot lost control of the aircraft and damaged the propeller and right wing tip when it went off the runway…
- [Incident 19901010059369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901010059369I), Oct 10, 1990: Cessna TR182 (N4602S), Carlsbad, CA. Lost directional control on landing. Veered off runway. Alignment pin on nose gear ferrule had sheared.

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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