# Accident 20160920015799A: Cessna R182, Tucson, AZ, September 20, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2016, 09:10 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Tucson Int. Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2217° N, 110.9265° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tucson, AZ, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2217&lon=-110.9265&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9216C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9216C-2018-06-01) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 1,496 total, 190 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160920015799A

## Narrative

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

A VETERAN PILOT WAS CONDUCTING HIS SIX MONTH CHECK RIDE REQUIRED BY THE FLIGHT CLUB HE BELONGS TO AT THE TIME OF THIS ACCIDENT.  ALSO, AS A REQUIREMENT BY THE FLYING CLUB A CFI WAS PRESENT AND ON-BOARD THIS AIRCRAFT AS WELL.  WHILE CONDUCTING FINAL APPROACH AND LANDING PROCEDURES INTO TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THE PILOT STATED HE INITIATED THE GEAR DOWN LEVER FOR THE LANDING GEAR TO EXTEND PRIOR TO LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS PRETTY SURE HE HAD LOOKED MOMENTARILY FOR THE STEADY GREEN LIGHT ILLUMINATION ON THE INSTRUMENT CONSOLE CONFIRMING THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED.  THE CFI STATED THAT HE COULD NOT SEE THE GREEN LIGHT FROM HIS POSITION TO VERIFY THE GREEN LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED HOWEVER STATED HE DID NOTICE THE GEAR LEVER WAS LOWERED.  DURING THIS FLIGHT THE CFI WAS SITTING IN THE RIGHT SEAT. WHEN ASKED IF THE CFI HAD USED THIS MIRROR WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE LOWER PART OF THE RIGHT OUTBOARD WING ALLOWING THE PERSON SITTING IN THE RIGHT SEAT TO VERIFY THE NOSE WHEEL HAD EXTENDED. HIS ANSWER WAS NO DUE TO THE SIZE AND DISTANCE OF THE MIRROR.THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DESCEND ONTO THE CENTER LINE OF RUNWAY 11, RIGHT. BOTH PILOTS STATED THEY NEVER HEARD ANY GEAR WARNING HORN SOUNDING OFF INDICATING THE GEAR WAS NOT IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION.  UPON LANDING, THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY CAUSING A SUDDEN ENGINE STOPPAGE. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO THE FUSELAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUFFERED TO EITHER THE PILOT OR THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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