# Incident 20221220018679I: Cessna TR182, North Las Vegas, NV, December 20, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2022, 12:34 local time
- Place: North Las Vegas, NV
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1989° N, 115.1175° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Las Vegas, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1989&lon=-115.1175&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737MX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N737MX) (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 O-540
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 50 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221220018679I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 20, 2022, AT 12:34 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME (PST), A CESSNA TR182 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^OPERATED BY A CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT EXPERIENCED A GEAR-UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 30R (RIGHT) AT NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT (KVGT). THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED DURING THE LANDING EVENT. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.

THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT DEPARTED ST. GEORGE AIRPORT (KSGU). THE FLIGHT CONTACTED KVGT TOWER AT 12:25 AND WAS INITIALLY CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 30L, BUT SHORTLY AFTER THE FLIGHT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 30R. THE AIRCRAFT’S LOWER FUSELAGE CONTACTED THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET BEYOND THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 30R AND SLID 586 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP IN COMPACT SOIL NEAR THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.

THE INVESTIGATION AND ON-SITE EVIDENCE REVEALED THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED “UP” POSITION. ON-SITE EXAMINATION OF THE COCKPIT CONTROLS REVEALED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN THE “UP” POSITION. RUNWAY SURFACE SCORRING CORRESPONDING TO AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE WAS DOCUMENTED AT THE INITIAL CONTACT POINT. PROPELLER CONTACT GOUGING WAS EVIDENT 200 FEET BEYOND THE INITIAL CONTACT POINT AND CONTINUED FOR 300 FEET. AIRPORT SURVEILLANCE VIDEO ALSO CONFIRMS THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR WAS IN THE RETRACTED POSITION PRIOR TO AND UPON LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE CONFINED TO THE LOWER FUSELAGE, LOWER ENGINE COWL AND BOTH NOSE GEAR DOORS. BOTH PROPELLER BLADES EXHIBITED BENDING DAMAGE.

THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) PROVIDED A WRITTEN AND ORAL STATEMENT ON-SITE WHICH CONCURE TO THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE LANDING EVENT. THE PIC ADMITTED TO NOT LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING.

DURING A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT ON 1/6/2023, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS BUSY SETTING UP THE AIRCRAFT FOR A RUNWAY CHANGE AND MAY HAVE BECOME DISTRACTED WITH RADIO COMMUNICATIONS AND COCKPIT DUTIES OMITTING HIS NORMAL PROCEDURE FOR EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT HEAR THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN PRIOR TO RUNWAY CONTACT.

## Other reports on N737MX (1)

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

- [Incident 19800602024609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800602024609I), Jun 2, 1980: Cessna R182 (N737MX), Rochester, NY, Minor damage. Bird strike on approach. Dent in left leading edge.

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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