- Date
- September 16, 1989, 20:00 local (Sep 17, 1989, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Englewood, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7346XCessna 182RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890916039609I
- Case key
- 17784
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to extend the landing gear. The pilot's anxiety and/or apprehension about a suspected loss of electrical power, and his attention being diverted by other traffic were contributing factors.
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
After takeoff the pilot stayed in the pattern for a touch-and-go landing. He said he became distracted by other traffic, a suspected loss of electrical power, and concern that he would stall-spin during the turn to final. He did not hear the gear warning horn & the airplane landed wheels up. He thought he had an electrical failure because he could not read the instruments.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7346X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18200082
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Champion Air Services
- Departed
- APA
- Airport
- APA · Centennial, runway 17L, 10,000 × 100 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 110 total · 34 in this make and model · 69 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.