# NTSB ERA23LA129: Cessna TR182, N711PD, Chatham, MA, February 19, 2023 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: February 19, 2023, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC) - Place: Chatham, MA - Coordinates: 41.69055, -69.986791 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6906&lon=-69.9868&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 106782 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA23LA129 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106782/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106782 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA129 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to lower the landing gear before touchdown. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Action: forgotten action/omission](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna TR182, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035/cases.md?model=2072735), [All aircraft, 440 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041035/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna TR182, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md?model=2072735), [All aircraft, 1,391 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md) - [Landing gear system: gear extension and retract sys](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Not used/operated (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna TR182, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230/cases.md?model=2072735), [All aircraft, 416 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023230/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna TR182, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md?model=2072735), [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md) ## Analysis At the conclusion of an uneventful flight, the pilot entered the airport traffic pattern for landing. The pilot reported that while on the downwind leg of the traffic pattern for landing, he failed to extend the landing gear and landed with the landing gear retracted. The airplane subsequently touched down on the runway and sustained substantial damage to the underside of the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident machinal malfunctions or failure with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N711PD](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N711PD), registered now, S/N R18201282 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182 - Registry model: [Cessna TR182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (registry code 2072735) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: R18201282 - Year built: 1979 - Airframe hours: 3463 - Engines: Lycoming O-540-L3C5D 235 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Condition, March 11, 2022 - Departed: 5B6, East Falmouth, MA - Destination: CQX, Chatham, MA - Airport: CQX, Chatham Muni, runway 24, 3,001 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Electronic primary flight display, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction display ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 70; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review September 10, 2022; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 5,285 total, 2,571 in this make and model, 5,130 as pilot in command, 0 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 46 °F, dew point 30 °F - Altimeter: 30.39 inHg - Observed at: CQX - METAR: KCQX 191552Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 08/M01 A3039 RMK AO2 SLP291 T00781011 ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20230219002059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230219002059A), Feb 19, 2023: Cessna TR182, Chatham, MA, Substantial damage. 19 Feb 2023 [privacy data omitted], C182RG-R18201282, [privacy data omitted] landed in a gear up configuration at Chatham memorial airport (cqx) at… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 15, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106782. 2.9 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 2.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15188458&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_1web_Reader%20-%20with%20RKB%20Data-printed-CLF_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Investigative photographs (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 772 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15188797&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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