- Date
- June 20, 1985, 09:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Norfolk, MA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2306CCessna 182RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 35828
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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
The acft was unintentionally landed with the gear retracted. A CFI and a pvt plt were on board at the time of the accident. The pvt plt in the left seat was flying the acft and on the third landing failed to extend the gear. The CFI in the right seat was adjusting a new intercom at the time a did not note the position of the landing gear before touchdown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2306C
- Reported as
- Cessna 182RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18200149
- Airframe hours
- 765
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Peter Tsimortos
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 27, 1985 · 29 hours before
- Departed
- Norfolk, MA
- Airport
- MA07 · Norfolk, runway 36, 2,700 × 150 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
- 20
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,215 total · 260 in this make and model · 997 as pilot in command · 68 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Temperature
- 70 °F