- Date
- March 29, 2022, 12:35 local (17:35 UTC)
- Place
- McAllen, TX · Runway 14 at MFE
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- XB-CMUCessna R182
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing gear not configured
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA San Antonio FSDO
- Case key
- 104953
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear due to distraction.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
While on final approach, the pilot asked the air traffic controller for the wind conditions. The pilot reported that he was “worried” about the wind conditions, and he forgot to extend the landing gear during the before landing checks. The airplane landed gear-up and came to rest upright on the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the lower fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- XB-CMU
- Reported as
- Cessna R182 (NO SERIES EXISTS)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18201679
- Built
- 1982
- Airframe hours
- 2,073
- Engine
- Lycoming Engines O-540-L3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 15, 2022
- Departed
- MMAN · Ciudad Apodaca, OF
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MFE · McAllen Miller International Airport, runway 14, 7,120 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, Angle of attack indicator, Stall warning system, Handheld GPS, Onboard weather
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 72
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Foreign
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 818 total · 163 in this make and model · 73 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 67
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Foreign
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 0 total · 0 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 24 knots, gusting 38
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,100 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.80 inHg
- Observed at
- KMFE
- METAR
- KMFE 291705Z 15024G38KT 9SM BKN031 OVC035 27/18 A2980 RMK AO2 PK WND 15038/1656 T02670183
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 10, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 11.4 MB in all.