# NTSB CHI82DA207: Cessna 182RG, N5207S, Midland, MI, June 13, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: June 13, 1982, 09:55 local (13:55 UTC)
- Place: Midland, MI
- Coordinates: 43.620037, -84.219741 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6200&lon=-84.2197&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 13, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71694
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA207
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71694/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA207

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - wheels up landing - performed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

WHILE TAXIING TO THE WASH RACK, THE PILOT DECIDED TO MAKE A TAKEOFF AND LANDING. AFTER TAKEOFF, HE ENTERED THE DOWNWIND AND OBSERVED TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT ENTERING BEHIND HIM. WHILE MAINTAINING SEPARATION FROM THE OTHER AIRCRAFT AND LOOKING FOR A FLOCK OF BIRDS THAT HE HAD SEEN EARLIER, HE REDUCED POWER ON FINAL APPROACH AND HEARD THE GEAR WARNING HORN. HOWEVER, HE MISTOOK THE GEAR HORN FOR THE STALL WARNING HORN WHICH HAD RECENTLY BEEN REPLACED DUE TO DEFECTIVE OPERATION. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5207S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182RG
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R18201532
- Airframe hours: 163
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-J3C5D 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Douglas R. Jackson
- Registered owner: Douglas R. Jackson
- Departed: MIDLAND, MI
- Destination: MIDLAND, MI
- Airport: Jack Barstow, runway 36, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,044 total, 140 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 158 °F

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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