# NTSB SEA06CA177: Cessna 182RG, N5482T, Shelton, WA, September 7, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: September 7, 2006, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Shelton, WA
- Coordinates: 47.233055, -123.150558
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2331&lon=-123.1506&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 28, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64498
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA06CA177
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64498/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA177

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear prior to a practice soft-field landing, and the certified flight instructor's failure to take remedial action. Factors include the pilot's failure to use a checklist.

## 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
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot passenger (cause)
  - remedial action - not performed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - checklist - not used, pilot passenger (contributing factor)

## Analysis

During the in-flight portion of a flight review, the private pilot, who did not have a current flight review at the time of the accident, forgot to extend the landing gear during a practice soft-field landing. The flight instructor who was giving the flight review was aware that the pilot had not put the landing gear down, and while the aircraft was on final approach, he told the pilot multiple times to execute a go-around. The pilot, who said he did not hear the command to go around, landed the aircraft with the gear up. The flight instructor thought the pilot had heard him, and was going to do a go-around, and he therefore did not take remedial action to insure the aircraft did not land with its gear up. The pilot did not use a checklist.

## Factual narrative

During the in-flight portion of a flight review, the private pilot, who did not have a current flight review at the time of the accident, forgot to extend the landing gear during a practice soft-field landing. The flight instructor who was giving the flight review was aware the pilot had not put the landing gear down, and while the aircraft was on final approach, he told the pilot multiple times to execute a go-around. The pilot, who said he did not hear the command to go around, landed the aircraft with the gear up. The flight instructor thought the pilot had heard him, and was going to do a go-around, and he therefore did not take remedial action to insure the aircraft did not land with its gear up. The pilot did not use a checklist.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5482T](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5482T), registered now, S/N R18201877, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182RG
- Registry model: [Cessna R182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (registry code 2072734) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R18201877
- Engines: Lycoming O-540-L3C5D reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: David J Clark
- Registered owner: David J. Clark
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: KSHN, Shelton, WA
- Destination: KSHN, Shelton, WA
- Airport: KSHN, Shelton-Sanderson, runway 23

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Flight instructor; age 40; flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1; flight hours: 1,315 total, 175 in this make and model, 161 in the last 90 days, 54 in the last 30 days
- Pilot; age 72; private; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3; flight hours: 760 total, 100 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 7 knots
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F

## 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 20060907020109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060907020109A), Sep 7, 2006: Cessna R182, Shelton, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot stated that he was completing his biannual flight review with a certified flight instructor (CFI) from wings aloft. The pilot stated that he had…

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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