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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna R182 · Washington, PA · April 5, 2016

Date
April 5, 2016 · 19:20 local
Place
Washington, PA
Airport
Washington County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5549S
Reported as
Cessna R182
Reported engine
Continental B2D34C218\900HB-8
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
583 total35 in this make and model13 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.

Pilot in command stated that he was distracted due to sunset and locating reported traffic that he was to follow, and failed to lower landing gear prior to touch down.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT IN COMMAND STATED THAT HE WAS DISTRACTED DUE TO SUNSET AND LOCATING REPORTED TRAFFIC THAT HE WAS TO FOLLOW, AND FAILED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN.