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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna R182 · Decatur, AL · September 20, 2017

Date: September 20, 2017 · 10:22 local
Place: Decatur, AL
Airport: Prior Field
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4894T
Reported as: Cessna R182
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,500 total245 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

N4894TRegistered now · Cessna R182S/N R18201782 · Built 1981 Airframe modelCessna R182 Engine 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.

09/20/2017 - N4894T, a Cessna R-182, was conducting approaches to dcu. While attempting a zero flap landing the aircraft made contact with the runway due to the landing gear not being down and locked. During the conversation with the pilot and by admission in his statement, the pilot failed to put the landing gear down. Photographs were taken of the aircraft while it was still on the runway show the landing gear handle was still in the up position. Photographs also showed that after the aircraft was raised off the ground with a crane and straps, the landing gear was extended and locked in the down position.

As the FAA filed it

09/20/2017 - N4894T, A CESSNA R-182, WAS CONDUCTING APPROACHES TO DCU. WHILE ATTEMPTING A ZERO FLAP LANDING THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY DUE TO THE LANDING GEAR NOT BEING DOWN AND LOCKED. DURING THE CONVERSATION WITH THE PILOT AND BY ADMISSION IN HIS STATEMENT, THE PILOT FAILED TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE IT WAS STILL ON THE RUNWAY SHOW THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS STILL IN THE UP POSITION. PHOTOGRAPHS ALSO SHOWED THAT AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED OFF THE GROUND WITH A CRANE AND STRAPS, THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND LOCKED IN THE DOWN POSITION.