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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna R182 · King City, CA · July 20, 2019

Date
July 20, 2019 · 23:00 local
Place
King City, CA
Airport
Mesa Del Rey Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3268C
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR19LA201
Reported as
Cessna R182
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
610 total230 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft landed with landing gear down but not locked. Substantial damage to right elevator. Slight buckling on upper right wing skin and upper tail cone skin just aft of rear window.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH LANDING GEAR DOWN BUT NOT LOCKED. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO RIGHT ELEVATOR. SLIGHT BUCKLING ON UPPER RIGHT WING SKIN AND UPPER TAIL CONE SKIN JUST AFT OF REAR WINDOW.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.