# Incident 20150918020919I: Cessna R182, Long Beach, CA, September 18, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2015, 17:00 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach /Daugherty Field/
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3700C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3700C-2016-10-25) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 103 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150918020919I

## Narrative

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

PIC WAS PERFORMING A SHORT FIELD APPROACH AND UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE HE BECAME FIXATED ON TEACHING HIS TWO STUDENTS HE DIDN?T LOWER THE GEAR OR VERIFY IT WAS DOWN, WHICH RESULTED IN A GEAR UP LANDING. NO INJURY?S TO THE OCCUPANT?S OCCURRED, SLIGHT DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT PROP, SKID MARKS ON THE BELLY.

## Other reports on N3700C (2)

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

- [Incident 20130104000119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130104000119I), Jan 4, 2013: Cessna R182 (N3700C), Glendale, AZ, Minor damage. Interview conducted by phone with airman. In this interview airman stated that while doing touch and go's at kgeu (Glendale airport, Arizona) he inadvertently…
- [Incident 20111105025329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111105025329I), Nov 5, 2011: Cessna R182 (N3700C), Gila Bend, AZ, Minor damage. During landing phase of flight pilot states that he was distracted by talking with passenger. Pilot states he failed to extend the landing gear.

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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