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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · NDN NDN-1 FIRECRACKER · Sparta, TN · August 25, 2017

Date: August 25, 2017 · 10:30 local
Place: Sparta, TN
Airport: Upper Cumberland Regional Airp
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N182FR
Reported as: NDN NDN-1 Firecracker
Reported engine: Lycoming AEIO-540-D4B5
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 16,000 total10 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N182FRRegistered now · NDN NDN-1 FIRECRACKERS/N 001 · Built 1977 Airframe modelNDN NDN-1 FIRECRACKER Engine modelLycoming AEIO-540-D4B5Reciprocating

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What happened

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

The aircraft main landing gear did not extend normally. The pilot pull the emergency handle but the main gear did not extend. (Nose gear extended properly upon selecting down lever)

Pilot flew over local airport and performed high g maneuvers trying to loosen the main gear. The airport manager and mechanic visually verified that the gear was not down.

Pilot landed with nose gear down and locked but the main landing gear were in the wheel wells.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DID NOT EXTEND NORMALLY. THE PILOT PULL THE EMERGENCY HANDLE BUT THE MAIN GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. (NOSE GEAR EXTENDED PROPERLY UPON SELECTING DOWN LEVER)

PILOT FLEW OVER LOCAL AIRPORT AND PERFORMED HIGH G MANEUVERS TRYING TO LOOSEN THE MAIN GEAR. THE AIRPORT MANAGER AND MECHANIC VISUALLY VERIFIED THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN.

PILOT LANDED WITH NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED BUT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WERE IN THE WHEEL WELLS.

Other reports on N182FR · 1

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

Incident 20220419001869ILanding: Rollout · Slidell, LABelow is the pics direct statement as to the facts. Mid-morning on Tuesday 19 apr 22, I took N182FR up VFR from kasd (base) for a leisurely solo-flight around the local area, retracting the landing-gear upon takeoff after useable runway as usual. After appx…Apr 19, 2022 · Minor damage