# Incident 20180801014799I: Cessna TR182, Salem, OR, August 1, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2018, 21:15 local time
- Place: Salem, OR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9429° N, 123.0351° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salem, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9429&lon=-123.0351&mi=10
- Aircraft: N541BS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N541BS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TR182 (registry code 2072735, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180801014799I

## Narrative

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

ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2018, A CESSNA TR-182, REGISTERED AS N541BS, SERIAL NUMBER R18201568, WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT AT MCNARY FIELD AIRPORT (KSLE) IN SALEM, OREGON.  THE INCIDENT RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED TO DALKE DEBBIE R, PO BOX 668, AUMSVILLE, OR 97325.

THE PILOT EXPLAINED THAT AS HE APPROACHED KSLE, HE EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR AND COULD NOT GET A POSITIVE INDICATION THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED.  HE STATED THAT HE COULD SEE THAT THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAINS WERE DOWN BUT THE INDICATOR LIGHT WOULD ONLY FLASH GREEN INSTEAD OF INDICATING A STEADY GREEN.

HE CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR A FEW TIMES AND THEN RAN THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION CHECKLIST WHICH INCLUDED PUMPING THE LANDING GEAR DOWN.   AFTER COMPLETING THE CHECKLISTS, A DOWN LAND LOCKED INDICATION STILL COULD NOT BE ACHIEVED.  PILOT EXPLAINED THAT HE SUSPECTED AN ISSUE WITH THE NOSE GEAR AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT AS SOFTLY AS POSSIBLE TO MINIMIZE DAMAGE.  THE FOLLOWING DAY MAINTENANCE PERSONEL HAD TO PHYSICALLY PRY THE NOSE GEAR DOOR OPEN IN ORDER TO GET THE NOSE GEAR TO EXTEND INTO THE DOWN POSITION.

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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