# Incident 20180429007789I: Cessna R182, Prescott, AZ, April 29, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2018, 13:25 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6078C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6078C) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 240 total, 15 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180429007789I

## Narrative

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

UPON SELECTING GEAR DOWN WHILE PREPARING TO LAND AT PRC, PIC DID NOT OBTAIN A SAFE GEAR INDICATION. GEAR WAS CYCLED BUT NO SAFE INDICATION WAS OBTAINED. TOWER CONFIRMED THAT GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. PIC DEPARTED AREA AND CONTINUED TO TROUBLESHOOT ISSUE. MANUAL EXTENSION WAS ACCOMPLISHED, G-LOADING WAS ATTEMPTED  BUT NO SAFE INDICATION COULD BE OBTAINED. A SECOND PASS BY TOWER CONFIRMED THAT GEAR SEEMED TO BE DOWN. SOFT FIELD LANDING WAS EXECUTED AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED FOLLOWING TOUCH DOWN.

## Other reports on N6078C (1)

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

- [Accident 20030924024349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030924024349A), Sep 24, 2003: Cessna R182 (N6078C), Cedar City, UT, Substantial damage. (-23) The landing gear would not retract after takeoff and the gear light remained green. Pilot thought the nose gear might be partially retracted and went…

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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