- Date
- January 23, 2016, 14:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Prescott, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757FSCessna TR182
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing gear not configured
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 2016
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- Scottsdale FSDO (FAA)
- FAA report
- 20160123001999A
- Case key
- 92639
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear prior to landing, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage during landing.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he became distracted while looking for other traffic during the final approach and "failed to lower the gear." The airplane skidded about 330 feet to a stop on the runway. The pilot reported that the landing gear configuration warning horn did not sound, but also reported that he was aware that the horn was inoperative. The fuselage sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported there were no other mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that he became distracted while looking for other traffic during the final approach and "failed to lower the gear." The airplane skidded about 330 feet to a stop on the runway. The pilot reported that the landing gear configuration warning horn did not sound, but also reported that he was aware that the horn was inoperative. The fuselage sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported there were no other mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757FS
- Reported as
- Cessna TR182 (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18201225
- Built
- 1979
- Airframe hours
- 3,295
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-L3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 16, 2015
- Departed
- P23 · Seligman, AZ
- Destination
- PRC · Prescott, AZ
- Airport
- PRC · Ernest A Love Field, runway 21L, 7,619 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Data recorder, Auto-pilot, Stall warning system, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, Satellite tracking device
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
- 79
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 20, 2015
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,235 total · 2,817 in this make and model · 3,178 as pilot in command · 2.4 in the last 90 days · 1.5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point -2 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.01 inHg
- Observed at
- KPRC
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 22, 2016, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.1 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.