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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna R182 · Marion, IL · October 17, 2015

Date: October 17, 2015 · 08:10 local
Place: Marion, IL
Airport: Williamson County Regional
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5143S
Reported as: Cessna R182
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot

N5143SRegistration cancelled Oct 28, 2025 · Cessna R182S/N R18201510 Airframe modelCessna R182 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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.

Pilot stated that while approaching the Williamson County Regional Airport (kmwa), he was distracted by a helicopter operating to the same runway. The pilot stated that he did the "gear down before landing checklist", but never checked for a positive extension/locked indication. The first indication that the pilot had that the gear was not extended was the impact with the runway. The aircraft landed with the gear retracted on runway 29. Subsequently the pilot secured and exited the aircraft.

Follow-up investigation reviled that both landing gear and warning horn operated normally.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT WHILE APPROACHING THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT (KMWA), HE WAS DISTRACTED BY A HELICOPTER OPERATING TO THE SAME RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID THE "GEAR DOWN BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST", BUT NEVER CHECKED FOR A POSITIVE EXTENSION/LOCKED INDICATION. THE FIRST INDICATION THAT THE PILOT HAD THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED WAS THE IMPACT WITH THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED ON RUNWAY 29. SUBSEQUENTLY THE PILOT SECURED AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.

FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION REVILED THAT BOTH LANDING GEAR AND WARNING HORN OPERATED NORMALLY.