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FAA incident report · Cessna TR182 · Sallisaw, OK · August 6, 2016

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Date
August 6, 2016 · 13:30 local
Place
Sallisaw, OK
Airport
Sallisaw Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N736RG
Reported as
Cessna TR182
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,020 total900 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days
N736RGRegistered now · Cessna TR182S/N R18200762 · Built 1978Airframe modelCessna TR182Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot was on a maintenance flight with his mechanic while trouble shooting an oil temp gauge problem. While turning base from the downwind leg they were discussing power settings for use in the pattern as the pilot was concerned with shock cooling his engine. The conversation distracted them to the point that neither pilot nor passenger (mechanic) realized that the gear was not down. The distraction resulted in a gear up landing of the aircraft. Minor damage to the fuselage and prop strike were the only damages.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS ON A MAINTENANCE FLIGHT WITH HIS MECHANIC WHILE TROUBLE SHOOTING AN OIL TEMP GAUGE PROBLEM. WHILE TURNING BASE FROM THE DOWNWIND LEG THEY WERE DISCUSSING POWER SETTINGS FOR USE IN THE PATTERN AS THE PILOT WAS CONCERNED WITH SHOCK COOLING HIS ENGINE. THE CONVERSATION DISTRACTED THEM TO THE POINT THAT NEITHER PILOT NOR PASSENGER (MECHANIC) REALIZED THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. THE DISTRACTION RESULTED IN A GEAR UP LANDING OF THE AIRCRAFT. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE AND PROP STRIKE WERE THE ONLY DAMAGES.