- Date
- July 6, 1990, 16:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Lambertville, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N757DGCessna R182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900706024509A
- Case key
- 14703
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
Pilot in command's mis-placement of the airplanes landing gear lever in the 'up' position while the airplane was on the ground, thereby allowing the landing gear squat switch, located in the nose gear compartment, to function as a retracting controller during the soft field takeoff procedure.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Upon completion of maintenance on the landing gear retraction/extension pump the pilot conducted static tests by moving the landing gear lever up and down. Satisfied with the repair, the pilot initiated a test flight by performing a soft field takeoff. The airplanes propeller began striking the runway during the takeoff roll. The pilot followed thru with a liftoff and decided to retract the landing gear due to fears of a flip over when landing with a retracted nosewheel. The airplane landed gear up on the departure runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757DG
- Reported as
- Cessna R182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 01218
- Airframe hours
- 1,680
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-JCC5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gerald W. West
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 5G9
- Destination
- 5G9
- Airport
- 5G9 · Toledo-Suburban, runway 9, 3,900 × 50 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 53 in this make and model · 3,890 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TOL, 11 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.