# Accident 20160123001999A: Cessna TR182, Prescott, AZ, January 23, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2016, 14:20 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6556° N, 112.4186° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6556&lon=-112.4186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757FS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757FS-2019-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TR182 (registry code 2072735, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IGSO-540-B1A (registry code 41535, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-igso-540-b1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IGSO-540-B1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,234 total, 3,234 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160123001999A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 25, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 1420 LOCAL TIME N757FS ATTEMPTED A LANDING IN A CESSNA 182RG WITH COMPLEX GEAR AT PRESCOTT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (PRC) IN PRESCOTT, ARIZONA.  THE FLIGHT WAS FOR PERSONAL PURPOSES AND WAS BEING CONDUCTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ UNDER PART 91.  THE PILOT NAMED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRCRAFT AND HAD ONE PASSENGER.  ON APPROACH TO PRC THE PILOT VALIDATED THE ATIS FOR PRC WHILE OBTAINING CLEARANCE TO LAND ON RW21R ON SHORT FINAL WHILE ALSO OBSERVING TRAFFIC TO POSSIBLY AVOID AS HE STATED.  THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO TOUCHDOWN WHEN HE NOTICED A NOISE FROM IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE THE PROP STRIKING THE RUNWAY.  HE THEN NOTICED HIS GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND COMMITTED TO THE LANDING WHILE MANAGING TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT BALANCED AS HE PROCEED WITH A GEAR UP LANDING AND SLID SAFE TO A STOP. NO INJURIES OCCURRED.   THE CURRENT WEATHER AT THAT TIME WAS 17011 KTS 10SM CLR 17/M18 A3000.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHICH OCCURRED TO A PRIMARY STRUCTURE FRAME UNDER THE FRONT ROW SEATING AREA AND SECONDARY SKIN SURFACES.  HE STATED HE HEARD NO GEAR WARNING WITH HIS HEADSET ON. HE OMITTED TO FORGETTING TO PUT HIS GEAR DOWN AND WAS COMPLETELY COOPERATIVE AND HELPFUL IN THE INVESTIGATION.  WE COUNSELED THE AIRMAN ABOUT THE SITUATION.

## 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 GAA16CA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA113), Jan 23, 2016: Cessna TR182 (N757FS), Prescott, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear prior to landing, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage during landing.

## Other reports on N757FS (2)

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

- [Incident 20170329011039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170329011039I), Mar 29, 2017: Cessna TR182 (N757FS), Seligman, AZ, Minor damage. On March 29, 2017, the airman was operating a Cessna TR-182 (N757FS) on a personal flight from prescott, AZ (kprc) to Seligman Airport (P23) under FAR part 91.…
- [Incident 20020322006909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020322006909I), Mar 22, 2002: Cessna TR182 (N757FS), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot/owner stated that he might have accidentally bump the landing gear handle in the up position.

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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