# NTSB MIA05CA047: Cessna TR182, N756KQ, Vicksburg, MS, November 18, 2004 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: November 18, 2004, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC) - Place: Vicksburg, MS - Coordinates: 32.239166, -90.928337 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2392&lon=-90.9283&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 30, 2005 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 60849 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA05CA047 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/60849/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05CA047 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear which resulted in a wheels up landing. A contributing factor is the pilot's failure to complete the checklist. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Wheels up landing, landing - flare/touchdown - checklist - not followed, pilot in command (cause) - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause) ## Analysis The pilot stated that the flight proceeded to the destination airport and when near the airport he cancelled his IFR clearance and proceeded visually. He started performing a "prelanding" check in anticipation of landing but with weather approaching the airport, decided to delay lowering the landing gear. He entered a left traffic pattern for runway 19 and turned crosswind, downwind, base and final. While on final approach he performed a checklist very quickly but did not recognize that the "wrong" landing gear lights were illuminated. During the flare for landing, he reduced power and heard the landing gear warning horn but decided he was committed to landing and landed gear-up. He secured the airplane and exited it out the pilot's door. ## Factual narrative On November 18, 2004, about 1200 central standard time, a Cessna TR182, N756KQ, registered to and operated by a private individual, was landed gear-up at the Vicksburg Municipal Airport, Vicksburg, Mississippi. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight from Dekalb-Peachtree Airport, Atlanta, Georgia, to Vicksburg Municipal Airport. The airplane was substantially damaged and the commercial-rated pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The flight originated about 0950 eastern standard time, from the Dekalb Peachtree Airport. The pilot stated that the flight proceeded to the destination airport and when near the airport, he cancelled his IFR clearance and proceeded visually. He started performing a "gump" check in anticipation of landing but with weather approaching the airport, decided to delay lowering the landing gear. He entered a left traffic pattern for runway 19 and turned crosswind, downwind, base and final. While on final approach he performed a checklist very quickly but did not recognize that the "wrong" landing gear lights were illuminated. During the flare for landing, he reduced power and heard the landing gear warning horn but decided he was committed to landing and landed gear-up. He secured the airplane and exited it out the pilot's door. The National Transportation Safety Board was first notified of the accident on January 12, 2005, by personnel from Jackson, Mississippi, Federal Aviation Administration Flight Standards District Office. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N756KQ](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N756KQ), registered now, S/N R18201094 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna TR182 - Registry model: [Cessna TR182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (registry code 2072735) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: R18201094 - Engines: Lycoming O-540-J3C5D reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Robert C. Hamilton - Registered owner: Robert C. Hamilton - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: KPDK, Atlanta, GA - Destination: KVKS, Vicksburg, MS - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: KVKS, Vicksburg Municipal Airport, runway 19 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 68; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2; seat: left; flight hours: 2,616 total, 1,192 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day ## 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 20041118033419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041118033419A), Nov 18, 2004: Cessna TR182, Vicksburg, MS, Substantial damage. (-23) While landing on runway 19 at vicksburgs Mississippi, the pilot neglected to lower the landing gear. The pilot stated his attention was diverted to the… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.