What happened
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19 Feb 2023
privacy data omitted, C182RG-R18201282, privacy data omitted landed in a gear up configuration at Chatham memorial airport (cqx) at approximately 1015. No injuries reported. Pai privacy data omitted was contacted by the airport and approved aircraft removal form runway. Runway cleared at 1157 by stick and rudder privacy data omitted maintenance personnel. See “cqx aircraft and safety incident report privacy data omitted” completed by airport staff member simon aucock. Airport manager privacy data omitted sent an email to pai privacy data omitted at 1650 with photos of the aircraft and removal and with the above incident report attached.
21 Feb 2023
Pai privacy data omitted and ASI privacy data omitted arrive at stick and rudder privacy data omittedmaintenance to investigate incident at 0900. Aircraft was on wheels in the hangar. Mx staff testified that they had c/w gear swings and the gear operated normally. They also stated when power was initially applied to the aircraft the gear warning horn was sounding and during swings it operated properly. Mx staff stated the gear horn volume was quiet, and they did not believe it would be heard with bose active noise cancelling headsets on.
Investigation of the aircraft revealed prop damage consistent with an engine running ground strike. Scraping damage was noted on aircraft lower fuselage primarily on the frame where the wing struts attach to the fuselage and on the frame at the aft end of the cabin. It is unknown if scraping damage affected the aircraft structure at this time. Scraping damage was also noted on tail tie down ring and the ring was bent aft approximately 30° with radial skin cracks extending from ring to surrounding rivets. No damage to aft bulkhead was noted at the time but further investigation will be required by maintenance. See “N711PD damage photos” folder.
22 Feb 2023
ASI privacy data omitted interview privacy data omitted by phone starting at 1029. privacy data omitted Stated the aircraft is based in falmouth ma, weather conditions were clear and dry and that the flight was for pleasure. His 12 year old granddaughter was a passenger on this flight. He has been a pilot for 34 years and owned this aircraft for 24 years. He stated that he successfully performed a touch and go on runway 24 and departed left cross to make a second landing. He only retracted the flaps to 10° while in the pattern. Per his description of events he was calling out his landing checklist and looked out his window to see the flaps were already deployed. He believes that this deviation from the normal landing routine caused him to miss steps in the checklist. He says he knows he called out “gear down” but due to the upset in the usual landing sequence he never actually reached for the handle and deployed the gear.privacy data omittedStated he could not hear the gear warning horn in the cabin, not did the warning transmit into the headphones. The aircraft landed, gear up on runway 24 at approximately 1015.
privacy data omitted Was very forthcoming, amiable and cooperative during the interview.
ASI privacy data omitted determined it was not necessary to interview the granddaughter at this time.
23 Feb 2023
privacy data omitted Notified ASI privacy data omitted via email that he had scheduled rg training with privacy data omitted in pvd on 9 and 10 March 2023
24 Feb 2023
ASI privacy data omitted received a phone call from privacy data omitted from stick and rudder privacy data omitted maintenance to inform him that structural frame damage had occurred to privacy data omitted. This damage will reclassify this incident to an accident.
10 Mar 2023
ASI privacy data omitted received an email from privacy data omitted with his log book entries showing completion of rg training at privacy data omitted.
As the FAA filed it
19 FEB 2023
^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, C182RG-R18201282, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED IN A GEAR UP CONFIGURATION AT CHATHAM MEMORIAL AIRPORT (CQX) AT APPROXIMATELY 1015. NO INJURIES REPORTED. PAI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CONTACTED BY THE AIRPORT AND APPROVED AIRCRAFT REMOVAL FORM RUNWAY. RUNWAY CLEARED AT 1157 BY STICK AND RUDDER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL. SEE “CQX AIRCRAFT AND SAFETY INCIDENT REPORT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^” COMPLETED BY AIRPORT STAFF MEMBER SIMON AUCOCK. AIRPORT MANAGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SENT AN EMAIL TO PAI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT 1650 WITH PHOTOS OF THE AIRCRAFT AND REMOVAL AND WITH THE ABOVE INCIDENT REPORT ATTACHED.
21 FEB 2023
PAI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ASI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ARRIVE AT STICK AND RUDDER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^MAINTENANCE TO INVESTIGATE INCIDENT AT 0900. AIRCRAFT WAS ON WHEELS IN THE HANGAR. MX STAFF TESTIFIED THAT THEY HAD C/W GEAR SWINGS AND THE GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY. THEY ALSO STATED WHEN POWER WAS INITIALLY APPLIED TO THE AIRCRAFT THE GEAR WARNING HORN WAS SOUNDING AND DURING SWINGS IT OPERATED PROPERLY. MX STAFF STATED THE GEAR HORN VOLUME WAS QUIET, AND THEY DID NOT BELIEVE IT WOULD BE HEARD WITH BOSE ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLING HEADSETS ON.
INVESTIGATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED PROP DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH AN ENGINE RUNNING GROUND STRIKE. SCRAPING DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON AIRCRAFT LOWER FUSELAGE PRIMARILY ON THE FRAME WHERE THE WING STRUTS ATTACH TO THE FUSELAGE AND ON THE FRAME AT THE AFT END OF THE CABIN. IT IS UNKNOWN IF SCRAPING DAMAGE AFFECTED THE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE AT THIS TIME. SCRAPING DAMAGE WAS ALSO NOTED ON TAIL TIE DOWN RING AND THE RING WAS BENT AFT APPROXIMATELY 30° WITH RADIAL SKIN CRACKS EXTENDING FROM RING TO SURROUNDING RIVETS. NO DAMAGE TO AFT BULKHEAD WAS NOTED AT THE TIME BUT FURTHER INVESTIGATION WILL BE REQUIRED BY MAINTENANCE. SEE “N711PD DAMAGE PHOTOS” FOLDER.
22 FEB 2023
ASI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INTERVIEW ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BY PHONE STARTING AT 1029. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THE AIRCRAFT IS BASED IN FALMOUTH MA, WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR AND DRY AND THAT THE FLIGHT WAS FOR PLEASURE. HIS 12 YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER WAS A PASSENGER ON THIS FLIGHT. HE HAS BEEN A PILOT FOR 34 YEARS AND OWNED THIS AIRCRAFT FOR 24 YEARS. HE STATED THAT HE SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED A TOUCH AND GO ON RUNWAY 24 AND DEPARTED LEFT CROSS TO MAKE A SECOND LANDING. HE ONLY RETRACTED THE FLAPS TO 10° WHILE IN THE PATTERN. PER HIS DESCRIPTION OF EVENTS HE WAS CALLING OUT HIS LANDING CHECKLIST AND LOOKED OUT HIS WINDOW TO SEE THE FLAPS WERE ALREADY DEPLOYED. HE BELIEVES THAT THIS DEVIATION FROM THE NORMAL LANDING ROUTINE CAUSED HIM TO MISS STEPS IN THE CHECKLIST. HE SAYS HE KNOWS HE CALLED OUT “GEAR DOWN” BUT DUE TO THE UPSET IN THE USUAL LANDING SEQUENCE HE NEVER ACTUALLY REACHED FOR THE HANDLE AND DEPLOYED THE GEAR.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^STATED HE COULD NOT HEAR THE GEAR WARNING HORN IN THE CABIN, NOT DID THE WARNING TRANSMIT INTO THE HEADPHONES. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED, GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 24 AT APPROXIMATELY 1015.
^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS VERY FORTHCOMING, AMIABLE AND COOPERATIVE DURING THE INTERVIEW.
ASI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DETERMINED IT WAS NOT NECESSARY TO INTERVIEW THE GRANDDAUGHTER AT THIS TIME.
23 FEB 2023
^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOTIFIED ASI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ VIA EMAIL THAT HE HAD SCHEDULED RG TRAINING WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN PVD ON 9 AND 10 MARCH 2023
24 FEB 2023
ASI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FROM STICK AND RUDDER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MAINTENANCE TO INFORM HIM THAT STRUCTURAL FRAME DAMAGE HAD OCCURRED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THIS DAMAGE WILL RECLASSIFY THIS INCIDENT TO AN ACCIDENT.
10 MAR 2023
ASI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WITH HIS LOG BOOK ENTRIES SHOWING COMPLETION OF RG TRAINING AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.
NTSB investigation
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