# Incident 20141125023409I: Cessna R182, Crete, NE, November 25, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 2014, 11:59 local time
- Place: Crete, NE
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6248° N, 96.9525° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crete, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6248&lon=-96.9525&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739BM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 622 total, 25 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141125023409I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A FLIGHT FROM CRETE, NE TO SALINA, KS. THE AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN SALINA AND DID NOT RECEIVE A DOWN AND LOCK INDICATION WHEN THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS SELECTED "DOWN". IT WAS CONFIRMED BY PERSON(S) ON THE GROUND AT SALINA THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DOWN, ALTHOUGH THE MAIN LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. THE PILOT DECIDED TO RETURN TO RETURN TO CRETE, NE WHERE THE MAINTENANCE IS PERFORMED ON THE AIRCRAFT.  UPON ARRIVAL AT CRETE THE PILOT MADE CONTACT WITH THE LOCAL MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL VIA UNICOM AND MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, BOTH NORMALLY AND WITH THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION. THE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND AND THE DECISION WAS MADE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED AND MAINS EXTENDED. THE LANDING RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS AND TUNNEL, ENGINE COWLING, AND PROPELLER. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE INCIDENT DID NOT REVEAL AN IDENTIFIABLE CAUSE FOR THE NOSE GEAR NOT EXTENDING.

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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