# NTSB NYC85LA066: Cessna 182RG, N2306C, Norfolk, MA, June 20, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 20, 1985, 09:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place: Norfolk, MA
- Location: 41.5676° N, 71.1192° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Friends Ultralightport (MA07), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5676&lon=-71.1192&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35828
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC85LA066
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35828/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA066

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear extension - not performed, copilot/second pilot (cause)
  - checklist - not followed, copilot/second pilot (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2306C-1988-04-06), registration cancelled 1988-04-06, S/N R18200149 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182RG
- Registry model: [Cessna R182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (registry code 2072734) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R18200149
- Airframe hours: 765
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; 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

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.

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