# NTSB CEN22LA177: Cessna R182, McAllen, TX, March 29, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: March 29, 2022, 12:35 local (17:35 UTC)
- Place: McAllen, TX · Runway 14 at MFE.
- Coordinates: 26.182032, -98.245524 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1820&lon=-98.2455&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: 3 uninjured
- 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
- NTSB case key (mKey): 104953
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN22LA177
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104953/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104953
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA177

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear due to distraction.

## Findings

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

- [Use of equip/info: use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,391 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md)
- [Action: lack of action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 792 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/cases.md)
- [Attention/monitoring: monitoring equip/instruments](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021525): Personnel issues › Psychological · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 142 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021525/cases.md)
- [Landing gear system: main landing gear](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023210): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Not used/operated (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 241 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023210/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182 (NO SERIES EXISTS)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R18201679
- Year built: 1982
- Airframe hours: 2073
- Engines: 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

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 72; injuries: none; 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
- Co-pilot; age 67; injuries: none; 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 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 10, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104953. 11.4 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 8.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13797166&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%20Form%206120_1%20Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Accident photographs (item 2, PDF, 4 pages, 3.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13797176&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Accident%20Photographs-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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