# Accident 20240204000639A: Cessna R182, Abingdon, VA, February 4, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2024, 16:31 local time
- Place: Abingdon, VA
- Airport: Virginia Highlands
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6862° N, 82.0353° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6862&lon=-82.0353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N756ZW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N756ZW-2025-02-25) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 15,020 total, 375 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240204000639A

## Narrative

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

DURING AN IN-PERSON INTERVIEW POST ACCIDENT THE PIC STATED HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR RESULTING IN A GEAR UP LANDING. NO AIRCRAFT IRREGULARITIES WERE REPORTED. ALL AIRWORTHINESS REQUIREMENTS OF 14 CFR FOR THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WERE VERIFIED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA24LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA108), Feb 4, 2024: Cessna R182 (N756ZW), Abingdon, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to lower the airplane's landing gear prior to landing, which resulted in abnormal runway contact.

## Other reports on N756ZW (1)

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

- [Incident 20051218029659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051218029659I), Dec 18, 2005: Cessna R182 (N756ZW), Deming, NM, Minor damage. (-23) On December 18, 2005, at approximately 1315 MST, N756ZW, a Cessna CE-182-R-182, landed gear up at the Deming Municipal Airport, Deming, new Mexico. The…

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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