# Incident 20250404002569I: Cessna TR182, Dunkirk, NY, April 4, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2025, 14:15 local time
- Place: Dunkirk, NY
- Airport: Chautauqua County/Dunkirk
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4939° N, 79.2711° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY/DUNKIRK (DKK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4939&lon=-79.2711&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4674S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4674S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TR182 (registry code 2072735, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250404002569I

## Narrative

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

THE PIC, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD, WAS GETTING CURRENT IN THE AIRCRAFT AFTER A PERIOD OF INACTIVITY. THERE WERE NO OTHER FACTORS THAT HAD AN INFLUENCE, SINCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING NORMALLY AND THE WEATHER WAS VERY GOOD ON A SUNNY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE PILOT READILY ADMITTED THAT HE HAD SIMPLY FORGOTTEN TO EXTEND THE GEAR, CITING SOME RECENT EMOTIONAL TRAUMA THAT HAD DISTRACTED HIM. HUMAN FACTORS PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THIS EVENT. THE PILOT DID NOT TRY TO DEFLECT THE BLAME FOR THE INCIDENT AND ACCEPTED FULL RESPONSIBILITY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO BE LIFTED ENOUGH ON THE RUNWAY TO EXTEND AND LOCK THE GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TOWED TO A RAMP FOR PARKING AT WHICH TIME THE PILOT CONTACTED THE NTSB, WHICH IN TURN CONTACTED THE FAA ROC. BECAUSE THE PILOT TOOK FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE GEAR UP LANDING, AND WAS "WILLING AND ABLE" WHEN INTERVIEWED BY FAA INSPECTORS, HE HAS BEEN REFERRED TO THE FAAST TEAM FOR REMEDIAL TRAINING. SINCE THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME WAS MINIMAL, THE EVENT HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT.

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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