# Incident 20200112000569I: Cessna R182, Hastings, MI, January 12, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2020, 15:00 local time
- Place: Hastings, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6501° N, 85.2884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hastings, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6501&lon=-85.2884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4871T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4871T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200112000569I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 12, 2020 AT 1500 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA R182 AIRCRAFT, N4871T, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE DURING AN INADVERTENT GEAR UP LANDING AT HASTINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (9D9), HASTINGS, MICHIGAN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE KENT COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (GRR), GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN AT APPROXIMATELY 1400L.

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 30 AND INADVERTENTLY FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR DURING THE PRE-LANDING SEQUENCE. PILOT DID STATE THE GEAR WARNING HORN SOUNDED ONCE THE THROTTLE WAS PULLED BUT FOR UNKNOWN REASONS HE APPLIED ENOUGH POWER TO GET THE HORN TO SILENCE. NO MECHANICAL ANOMALIES WERE REPORTED BY THE PILOT PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE WHERE THE PILOT EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT UNAIDED. AIRPORT MANAGEMENT WAS NOTIFIED AND THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED FROM THE RUNWAY SURFACE. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED, THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED AND LOCKED INTO POSITION BY NORMAL FUNCTION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN MOVED TO A HANGAR FOR SECURE STORAGE PENDING INVESTIGATION

EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED BOTH PROPELLER BLADES TO BE SCRATCHED AND S BENT IN AN AFT DIRECTION. BOTH BLADES COULD BE MOVED BY HAND INSIDE THE PROP HUB. THE BELLY SKIN OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS SCRATCHED AND WAS BREACHED NEAR THE MAIN LANDING GEAR BOX. NO INTERNAL STRUCTURES INCLUDING THE GEAR BOX APPEARED DAMAGED.

WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR IN THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N4871T (1)

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

- [Incident 19880825060629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880825060629I), Aug 25, 1988: Cessna R182 (N4871T), Minneapolis, MN, Minor damage. Lost directional control on a crosswind landing. Veered off runway. Struck a ditch. Excessive crosswind a factor.

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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