# Incident 20240926014899I: Cessna TR182, Tucson, AZ, September 26, 2024 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: September 26, 2024, 09:29 local time - Place: Tucson, AZ - Airport: Ryan Field - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Approach - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 32.1422° N, 111.1746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RYAN FLD (RYN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1422&lon=-111.1746&mi=10 - Aircraft: N5087S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5087S) (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 0-540 SERIES - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 527 total - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240926014899I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2024, AT 0929 MST, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED RYAN AIRFIELD, KRYN, ON A CFR 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT INITIALLY DEPARTED RYN, CLIMBED TO 8500 FEET, THEN ENTERED THE KEYSTONE PRACTICE AREA. ONCE IN THE AREA, THE CREW WAS SETTING-UP FOR APPROACH TO LANDING STALLS, CALLING FOR FULL FLAPS AND EXTENDED LANDING GEAR. WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED, THE CREW DID NOT GET A SAFE INDICATION. THE TR182 HAS ONLY 1 GREEN LIGHT AND IT WILL ILLUMINATE ONLY WHEN ALL THREE-LANDING GEAR ARE DOWN AND LOCKED. THE LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. THE CREW COULD VISUALLY SEE THE MAIN GEAR ON EACH SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND IT APPEARED DOWN AND LOCKED. LOOKING INTO THE MIRROR LOCATED ON THE RIGHT-WING STRUT, THE PILOT COULD NOT SEE AN EXTENDED NOSE GEAR. THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO BE COMPLETELY RETRACTED WITH THE NOSE GEAR DOORS SHUT. INITIALLY, THE GEAR WAS CYCLED THREE OR FOUR TIMES, WITH NO DIFFERENCE IN THE RESULTS. DURING THIS PROCESS, THE GEAR WAS CYCLED AGAIN, AND THE CREW ATTEMPTED TO USE THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE TO LOWER THE NOSE GEAR. THE CREW ALSO PERFORMED SOME HIGH G (2.5 G’S) MANEUVERS TO TRY TO FORCE THE NOSE GEAR TO EXTEND, NONE OF WHICH WAS SUCCESSFUL. THE CREW DECIDED TO LAND WITH THE MAIN GEAR EXTENDED, USING A SOFT FIELD TECHNIQUE. ON THE RETURN TO THE AIRPORT, THEY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE PILOT FLEW A LOW PASS OVER THE RUNWAY AND THE TOWER CONFIRMED THERE WAS NO NOSE GEAR EXTENDED. WITH A LONG RIGHT DOWNWIND, THE PILOT TURNED ONTO AN EXTENDED FINAL OF ABOUT A MILE AND SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO APPROACH SPEED. ON LANDING, THE NOSE WAS HELD UP WITH BACK YOKE PRESSURE, THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN WITH THE MIXTURE, THE NOSE WAS LOWERED SLOWLY TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A HALT WITH THE HELP OF BRAKES. THIS WAS THE AIRCRAFTS FIRST FLIGHT FOLLOWING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION THAT WAS COMPLETED ON 09/21/2024. WHILE INTERVIEWING THE MECHANIC WHO PERFORMED THE ANNUAL INSPECTION, IT WAS REVEALED THAT DURING THE ANNUAL INSPECTION, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS WERE REPAIRED AFTER THEY HAD SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE FROM A PREVIOUS INADVERTENT NOSE GEAR RETRACTION ON THE GROUND. IN THAT EVERNT THE AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR LEVER IN AN ATTEMPT TO SILENCE THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS POWERED ON. THE MECHANIC WHO COMPLETED THE REPAIR, PERFORMED MULTIPLE OPERATIONAL GEAR SWINGS AND DOOR RIGGING CHECKS WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON JACKS, WITH NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. ## Other reports on N5087S (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19880329016929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880329016929I), Mar 29, 1988: Cessna TR182 (N5087S), Rocky Mount, NC, Minor damage. Distracted by a malfunctioning adf pilot forgot to lower landing gear. Landed gear up. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.