# NTSB BFO87FA024: Cessna R-182, N756KZ, Martinsburg, WV, February 21, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: February 21, 1987, 11:04 local (16:04 UTC)
- Place: Martinsburg, WV
- Coordinates: 39.46072, -77.970344 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4607&lon=-77.9703&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 26, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11281
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO87FA024
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11281/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO87FA024

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT HE FORGOT TO MAKE A FINAL BEFORE LNDG CHECK BECAUSE HE WAS CONCENTRATING ON TRAFFIC AND THE SHORT LNDG HE HAD BEEN REQUESTED TO MAKE. TWR PERSONNEL VIOLATED USAF PROCEDURES WHEN THEY REQUESTED THAT THE ACFT HOLD SHORT OF THE EAST-WEST RWY ON LNDG AND WHEN THEY DID NOT REMIND THE PLT TO CHECK WHEELS DOWN PRIOR TO LNDG.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Gear not extended, landing - flare/touchdown
  - checklist - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - procedures/directives - not followed, atc personnel(lcl/gnd/clnc)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N756KZ](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N756KZ), registered now, S/N R18201100, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R-182
- Registry model: [Cessna R182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (registry code 2072734) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R-182-01100
- Airframe hours: 1800
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-J3C5D 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Ferry, Part 91
- Operator: Armel Aviation, Ltd.
- Registered owner: Eugene M. Propper
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, October 9, 1986, 80 hours before
- Departed: IAD, CHANTILLY, VA
- Airport: MRB, Eastern West Va Regional, runway 35, 5,001 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,162 total, 23 in this make and model, 831 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 80° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 39 °F, dew point 14 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MRB

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

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