# Incident 20160919018809I: Cessna R182, Memphis, TN, September 19, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2016, 17:45 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: General Dewitt Spain
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2007° N, 90.0540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL DEWITT SPAIN (M01), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2007&lon=-90.0540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18NJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N18NJ) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,660 total, 633 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160919018809I

## Narrative

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

N18NJ DEPARTED NASHVILLE (BNA) AT 1615 AND ARRIVED DEWITT SPAIN (M01) AT 1740 WITH PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD. AS IT NEARED THE AIRPORT, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HEARD A HELICOPTER REPORTING THAT HE WAS DEPARTING TO THE NORTHEAST.  HE ENTERED FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT AND WAS TRYING TO FIND THE HELICOPTER AND GIVING HIS DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FROM THE AIRPORT.  AS HE WAS ENTERING CROSSWIND FOR RUNWAY 35, HE SPOTTED THE HELICOPTER DEPARTING TO THE NORTHEAST.  HE STATED THAT AS HE WAS DOING HIS MENTAL CHECKS, HE GOT DISTRACTED LOOKING FOR THE HELICOPTER AND DID NOT PUT THE GEAR DOWN.  HE DID NOT NOTICE IT ANYMORE UNTIL HE TOUCHED DOWN AND REALIZED AFTER TOUCHDOWN THAT THE GEAR WAS STILL UP. ALL THREE PROP TIPS WERE DAMAGED, AS WELL AS SCUFFING DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTENT WITH A GEAR UP LANDING.

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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