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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna R182 · Rapid City, SD · July 12, 2014

Date
July 12, 2014 · 15:00 local
Place
Rapid City, SD
Airport
Rapid City Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4773T
Reported as
Cessna R182
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
420 total300 in this make and model65 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

On July 12, 2014 the pilot was training for his CFI checkride performing poweroff 180 degree accuracy landings from the right seat. On approach the pilot thought what he was pulling down was the gear, but instead pulled down the last bit of flaps. The pilot stated he had no recollection of the gear warning horn audible signal as he touched down on the runway with gear up.

As the FAA filed it

ON JULY 12, 2014 THE PILOT WAS TRAINING FOR HIS CFI CHECKRIDE PERFORMING POWEROFF 180 DEGREE ACCURACY LANDINGS FROM THE RIGHT SEAT. ON APPROACH THE PILOT THOUGHT WHAT HE WAS PULLING DOWN WAS THE GEAR, BUT INSTEAD PULLED DOWN THE LAST BIT OF FLAPS. THE PILOT STATED HE HAD NO RECOLLECTION OF THE GEAR WARNING HORN AUDIBLE SIGNAL AS HE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY WITH GEAR UP.