# Incident 20190128000029I: Cessna R182, Petaluma, CA, January 28, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2019, 10:50 local time
- Place: Petaluma, CA
- Airport: Petaluma Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2578° N, 122.6053° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PETALUMA MUNI (O69), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2578&lon=-122.6053&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3177C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3177C) (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: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 9,010 total, 2,300 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190128000029I

## Narrative

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

THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT ARRIVED AT THE PETALUMA MUNI AIRPORT TO PRACTICE LANDINGS. THE STUDENT PILOT IS WORKING TOWARD HER PRIVATE LICENSE. THEY COMPLETED TWO LANDINGS SUCCESSFULLY AND ON THE THIRD THEY WERE ON A RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 29. THE INSTRUCTOR CALLED FOR GEAR UNDERCARRIAGE MIXTURE PROPELLER (GUMP) AND THE STUDENT REACHED FOR THE LANDING GEAR LEVER, ANOTHER PILOT REPORTED FINAL ON RUNWAY 29 AND THEY DIVERTED MY ATTENTION TO LOOK FOR THE TRAFFIC AND ASSUMED THE GEAR WAS DOWN. SHE FLARED THE AIRCRAFT AT APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY FOR A NORMAL LANDING. THE STUDENT REPORTED SHE GOT DISTRACTED LOOKING FOR THE TRAFFIC ON HER SIDE AND DID NOT ENSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON THE UNDERCARRIAGE AND SKIDDED TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY 685 FEET ON CENTERLINE.

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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