# NTSB ANC25LA054: Cessna TR182, N4909T, Modesto, CA, June 14, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: June 14, 2025, 12:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Modesto, CA
- Coordinates: 37.63, -120.95
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6300&lon=-120.9500&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: Faa
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200331
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC25LA054
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200331/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200331
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA054

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to properly configure the airplane for landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Action: lack of action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna TR182, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/cases.md?model=2072735), [All aircraft, 792 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: use of checklist](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063030): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna TR182, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063030/cases.md?model=2072735), [All aircraft, 336 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063030/cases.md)
- [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna TR182, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=2072735), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md)
- [Info processing/decision: identification/recognition](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna TR182, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510/cases.md?model=2072735), [All aircraft, 559 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna TR182, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md?model=2072735), [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that he failed to extend the landing gear prior to landing, resulting in a gear up landing. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no pre-accident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4909T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4909T-2026-09-12), registration cancelled 2026-09-12, S/N R18201787 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Registry model: [Cessna TR182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (registry code 2072735) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R18201787
- Year built: 1981
- Engines: Lycoming O-540 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: RHV, San Jose, CA
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: MOD, Modesto, runway 28R, 5,904 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic primary flight display

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 69; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review July 6, 2023; seat: left; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 654 total, 475 in this make and model, 540 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 6 knots, gusting 4
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 29.93 inHg
- METAR: SA	14/06/2025 19:53->	
METAR KMOD 141953Z 32005KT 10SM CLR 28/04 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP134 T02780044=

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 20250614007879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250614007879I), Jun 14, 2025: Cessna TR182, Modesto, CA, Minor damage. On 06/14/2025, PIC landed aircraft with gear up. As a result, the aircraft landed with the gear retracted, causing damage to the fuselage skin, engine, and…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 11, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200331. 5.0 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 4.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18994177&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC25LA054%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Investigative photographs (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 917 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18993124&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC25LA054%20photos-Rel.pdf

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.

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