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FAA incident report · Cessna R182 · Newnan, GA · June 7, 2018

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Date
June 7, 2018 · 08:00 local
Place
Newnan, GA
Airport
Newnan Coweta County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
U4PS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N707CT
Reported as
Cessna R182
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
N707CTRegistered now · Cessna R182S/N R18200320 · Built 1978Airframe modelCessna R182Engine 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.

Upon landing at lagrange callaway airport (klgc) the pilots performed the landing (gumps) checklist, when reaching the landing gear section the student pilot brought the gear handle down with both pilots visually verifying that the gear was down and they had a green light indication. When they arrived at the (beam) they pulled power to perform a 180 power off landing at which time they heard the gear warning horn sound and did not have the green light indication. After testing the light, the pilot states that the light came back on so they proceeded to land.

After landing and clearing the runway, the pilot stated that the light went off briefly and came back on. Once the light came back on, they made the decision to takeoff and return to the Newnan Coweta County Airport (kcco). After takeoff the pilot states that he cycled the gear 4 times to see if the light would come back on at which it did not.

Upon landing at kcco and performing the gumps checklist it was the pilots opinion that the gear was down and locked in place noting that there was no green light indication. They performed the gumps checklist, did another power off 180 landing. They state that they landed main gear first and after releasing back pressure to let the nose wheel come down they felt it going lower than usual. Both pilots held the yoke back until the nose gear collapsed after which they de-planed the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

UPON LANDING AT LAGRANGE CALLAWAY AIRPORT (KLGC) THE PILOTS PERFORMED THE LANDING (GUMPS) CHECKLIST, WHEN REACHING THE LANDING GEAR SECTION THE STUDENT PILOT BROUGHT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN WITH BOTH PILOTS VISUALLY VERIFYING THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND THEY HAD A GREEN LIGHT INDICATION. WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE (BEAM) THEY PULLED POWER TO PERFORM A 180 POWER OFF LANDING AT WHICH TIME THEY HEARD THE GEAR WARNING HORN SOUND AND DID NOT HAVE THE GREEN LIGHT INDICATION. AFTER TESTING THE LIGHT, THE PILOT STATES THAT THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON SO THEY PROCEEDED TO LAND.

AFTER LANDING AND CLEARING THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT STATED THAT THE LIGHT WENT OFF BRIEFLY AND CAME BACK ON. ONCE THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON, THEY MADE THE DECISION TO TAKEOFF AND RETURN TO THE NEWNAN COWETA COUNTY AIRPORT (KCCO). AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT STATES THAT HE CYCLED THE GEAR 4 TIMES TO SEE IF THE LIGHT WOULD COME BACK ON AT WHICH IT DID NOT.

UPON LANDING AT KCCO AND PERFORMING THE GUMPS CHECKLIST IT WAS THE PILOTS OPINION THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED IN PLACE NOTING THAT THERE WAS NO GREEN LIGHT INDICATION. THEY PERFORMED THE GUMPS CHECKLIST, DID ANOTHER POWER OFF 180 LANDING. THEY STATE THAT THEY LANDED MAIN GEAR FIRST AND AFTER RELEASING BACK PRESSURE TO LET THE NOSE WHEEL COME DOWN THEY FELT IT GOING LOWER THAN USUAL. BOTH PILOTS HELD THE YOKE BACK UNTIL THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER WHICH THEY DE-PLANED THE AIRCRAFT.